An alternative pathway for ureide usage in legumes: Enzymatic formation of a ureidoglycolate adduct in Cicer arietinum and Phaseolus vulgaris

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 307-318

  Muñoz, Alfonso ^a   Bannenberg, Gerard L ^a   Montero, Olimpio ^b   Cabello Díaz, Juan Miguel ^c   Piedras, Pedro ^c   Pineda, Manuel ^c  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b University of Valladolid   (Spain)

^c Ecología y Fisiología Vegetal   (Spain)

Author keywords

allantoate; Allantoin; Cicer; nitrogen metabolism; Phaseolus; phenylhydrazine; transferase; ureide degradation; ureidoglycolate

Indexed keywords

AMIDINE LYASE; GLYCOLIC ACID; GLYCOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; UREA; UREIDOGLYCOLLATE LYASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BEAN; CHICKPEA; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

AMIDINE-LYASES; CICER; GLYCOLATES; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; NITROGEN; PHASEOLUS; PLANT PROTEINS; UREA;

CICER; CICER ARIETINUM; FABACEAE; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS VULGARIS;

EID: 78649874453     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erq268     Document Type: Article

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