Plants contain two distinct classes of functional tryptophan synthase beta proteins

Phytochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 14-15, 2010, Pages 1667-1672

  Yin, Ruohe ^a,b   Frey, Monika ^a   Gierl, Alfons ^a   Glawischnig, Erich ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Brassicaceae; Evolution; Gramineae; Indole; Tryptophan synthase beta; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RNA; SERINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INDOLES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RNA; SERINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE; ZEA MAYS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77956342502     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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