Subcellular localization and expression of multiple tomato γ-aminobutyrate transaminases that utilize both pyruvate and glyoxylate

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3255-3267

  Clark, Shawn M ^a   Di Leo, Rosa ^a   Van Cauwenberghe, Owen R ^a,b   Mullen, Robert T ^a   Shelp, Barry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminobutyrate; aminobutyrate transaminase; Aminotransferase; Gene expression; In silico analysis; Recombinant expression; Subcellular localization; Substrate specificity; Tomato; Transient expression

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLYOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ISOPROTEIN; PYRUVIC ACID; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOMATO;

4-AMINOBUTYRATE TRANSAMINASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLYOXYLATES; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PYRUVIC ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 70349136350     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp161     Document Type: Article

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