Maize C4-form phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase engineered to be functional in C3 plants: Mutations for diminished sensitivity to feedback inhibitors and for increased substrate affinity

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1811-1818

  Endo, Tatsuya ^a   Mihara, Yuko ^a   Furumoto, Tsuyoshi ^a,b   Matsumura, Hiroyoshi ^c   Kai, Yasushi ^c,e   Izui, Katsura ^a,d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e FUKUI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C4 photosynthesis; Genetic engineering; PEP carboxylase; Site directed mutagenesis; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ZEA MAYS;

ENZYME INHIBITOR; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; KINETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC ENGINEERING; KINETICS; MUTATION; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 44649128674     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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