Phosphorylation of bacterial-type phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase at Ser425 provides a further tier of enzyme control in developing castor oil seeds

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 433, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-74

  O'Leary, Brendan ^a   Rao, Srinath K ^a   Plaxton, William C ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Oil seed metabolism; Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC); Phosphorylation site specific antibodies; Protein phosphorylation; Ricinus communis (castor oil plant); Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CASTOR OIL; MALIC ACID; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; PROLINE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; SERINE;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME REGULATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN VIVO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CASTOR BEAN; KINETICS; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SEEDS; SERINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RICINUS COMMUNIS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 79551485524     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20101361     Document Type: Article

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