Dual N- and C-terminal processing of citrus chlorophyllase precursor within the plastid membranes leads to the mature enzyme

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-83

  Azoulay Shemer, Tamar ^a,b   Harpaz Saad, Smadar ^a,b,d   Cohen Peer, Reut ^a   Mett, Anahit ^a   Spicer, Victor ^c   Lovat, Nicole ^c   Krokhin, Oleg ^c   Brand, Arnon ^a,b   Gidoni, David ^a   Standing, Kenneth G ^c   Goldschmidt, Eliezer E ^b   Eyal, Yoram ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll breakdown; Chlorophyllase; Chloroplast; Citrus limon; Post translational regulation; Protein processing

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLESTERASE; CHLOROPHYLLASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CITRUS FRUIT; ENZYMOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLASTID; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CITRUS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASTIDS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL;

CITRUS; CITRUS LIMON;

EID: 79251503001     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcq174     Document Type: Article

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