High-capacity calcium-binding chitinase III from pomegranate seeds (Punica granatum Linn.) is located in amyloplasts

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1963-1965

  Lv, Chenyan ^a   Masuda, Taro ^b   Yang, Haixia ^a   Sun, Lei ^c   Zhao, Guanghua ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Uji   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence; Amyloplast; Calcium storage; Chitinase; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHITINASE; CHITINASE, CLASS III; STARCH; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; LYTHRACEAE; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED; PLASTID; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CALCIUM; CHITINASE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PLANT PROTEINS; PLASTIDS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PUNICACEAE; SEEDS; STARCH;

LYTHRACEAE; PUNICA GRANATUM;

EID: 84863080003     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.6.12.18147     Document Type: Article

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