Chitinase III in pomegranate seeds (Punica granatum Linn.): A high-capacity calcium-binding protein in amyloplasts

Plant Journal

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 765-776

  Yang, Haixia ^a   Zhang, Tuo ^a   Masuda, Taro ^b   Lv, Chenyan ^a   Sun, Lei ^c   Qu, Guiqin ^a   Zhao, Guanghua ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

amino acid sequence; amyloplast; calcium storage; chitinase; seed germination; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOPLAST; CHITINASES; SEED GERMINATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACIDS; CULTIVATION; ENZYMES; IONS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; SEED; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CALCIUM;

ACID; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CHITINASE; CHITINASE, CLASS III; SEED STORAGE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GERMINATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYTHRACEAE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT CELL; PLANT SEED; PLASTID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACIDS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CHITINASE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME STABILITY; GERMINATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT CELLS; PLASTIDS; PUNICACEAE; SEED STORAGE PROTEINS; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

LYTHRACEAE; PUNICA GRANATUM;

EID: 82355169011     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04727.x     Document Type: Article

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