Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) from tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum): Characterization of the four tobacco PAL genes and active heterotetrameric enzymes

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 424, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 233-242

  Reichert, Angelika I ^a   He, Xian Zhi ^a   Dixon, Richard A ^a  

^a PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Domain swapping; Gene family; Heterotetramer; L phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL); Phenylpropanoid metabolism; Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)

Indexed keywords

DOMAIN SWAPPING; GENE FAMILIES; HETEROTETRAMERS; L-PHENYLALANINE; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PHENYLPROPANOID METABOLISM; PHENYLPROPANOIDS;

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; AMPLIFICATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL CULTURE; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; METABOLISM; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; ORGANIC ACIDS;

TOBACCO;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HETEROTRIMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; JASMONIC ACID METHYL ESTER; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA LYASE; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA LYASE 1; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA LYASE 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL CULTURE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TOBACCO; YEAST;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; ISOENZYMES; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA-LYASE; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 70450205295     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20090620     Document Type: Article

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