Phytochelatin synthase: Of a protease a peptide polymerase made

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 154-164

  Rea, Philip A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOACYLTRANSFERASE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE GAMMA-GLUTAMYLCYSTEINYLTRANSFERASE; HEAVY METAL; PCS1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PHYTOCHELATIN; PHYTOCHELATIN SYNTHASE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ACYLATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ACYLATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GLUTATHIONE; METALS, HEAVY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYTOCHELATINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

ALGAE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; PROKARYOTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84859835900     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: 13993054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2012.01571.x     Document Type: Review

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