A γ-glutamyl transpeptidase-independent pathway of glutathione catabolism to glutamate via 5-oxoproline in Arabidopsis

Plant Physiology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1603-1613

  Ohkama Ohtsu, Naoko ^a,b   Oikawa, Akira ^b   Zhao, Ping ^c   Xiang, Chengbin ^c   Saito, Kazuki ^b   Oliver, David J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 57749107460     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.125716     Document Type: Article

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