Phenyl- and benzylurea cytokinins as competitive inhibitors of cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase: A structural study

Biochimie

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1052-1062

  Kopečný, David ^a,b   Briozzo, Pierre ^c   Popelková, Hana ^d   Šebela, Marek ^b   Končitíková, Radka ^b   Spíchal, Lukáš ^b   Nisler, Jaroslav ^b   Madzak, Catherine ^e   Frébort, Ivo ^b   Laloue, Michel ^a   Houba Hérin, Nicole ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

Author keywords

Benzylurea; Crystal structure; Cytokinin oxidase dehydrogenase; Inhibitor; Phenylurea

Indexed keywords

6 N (3,3 DIMETHYLALLYL)ADENINE; ADENINE DERIVATIVE; ARABIDOPSIS HISTIDINE KINASE 3; ARABIDOPSIS HISTIDINE KINASE 4; CYTOKININ; N (2 AMINO PYRIDIN 4 YL) N PHENYLUREA; N (2 CHLORO PYRIDIN 4 YL) N' BENZYLUREA; N (2 CHLORO PYRIDIN 4 YL) N' PHENYLUREA; NITROGEN; OXIDOREDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; UREA DERIVATIVE; ZEATIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BIOASSAY; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; HYDROGEN BOND; MAIZE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYTOKININS; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HYDROGEN BONDING; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS;

AMARANTHUS; ARABIDOPSIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77954658189     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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