Cloning and functional characterization of Arabidopsis thaliana D-amino acid aminotransferase - D-aspartate behavior during germination

FEBS Journal

Volumn 275, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1188-1200

  Funakoshi, Miya ^a   Sekine, Masae ^a   Katane, Masumi ^a   Furuchi, Takemitsu ^a   Yohda, Masafumi ^b   Yoshikawa, Takafumi ^a   Homma, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

A. thaliana; D alanine; D amino acid aminotransferase; D aspartate; D glutamate

Indexed keywords

DEXTRO AMINO ACID AMINOTRANSFERASE; DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYME INHIBITION; EUKARYOTE; GENE FUNCTION; GERMINATION; INHIBITION KINETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLANT METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSAMINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CULTURE MEDIA; D-ASPARTIC ACID; GERMINATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSAMINASES;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 40349111256     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06279.x     Document Type: Article

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