A conserved cysteine motif is critical for rice ceramide kinase activity and function

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Bi, Fang Cheng ^a   Zhang, Quan Fang ^a   Liu, Zhe ^a   Fang, Ce ^a   Li, Jian ^a   Su, Jian Bin ^a   Greenberg, Jean T ^b   Wang, Hong Bin ^a   Yao, Nan ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; CERAMIDE 1 PHOSPHATE; CERAMIDE KINASE; CERAMIDE KINASE INHIBITOR K1; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; CYSTEINE; MAGNESIUM ION; N,N DIMETHYLSPHINGOSINE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL FATE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTINE KNOT MOTIF; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTOPLAST; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RICE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN MOTIF; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; DICOTYLEDONEAE; JAPONICA; ORYZA SATIVA;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; CYSTEINE; ORYZA SATIVA; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); PLANT PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 79953330836     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018079     Document Type: Article

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