Catabolism of l -methionine in the formation of sulfur and other volatiles in melon (Cucumis melo L.) fruit

Plant Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 458-472

  Gonda, Itay ^a,b   Lev, Shery ^a   Bar, Einat ^a   Sikron, Noga ^b   Portnoy, Vitaly ^a   Davidovich Rikanati, Rachel ^a   Burger, Joseph ^a   Schaffer, Arthur A ^a   Tadmor, Ya'Akov ^b   Giovannonni, James J ^c,d   Huang, Mingyun ^c   Fei, Zhangjun ^c,d   Katzir, Nurit ^a   Fait, Aaron ^b   Lewinsohn, Efraim ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

^d ROBERT W HOLLEY CENTER FOR AGRICULTURE AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

aroma compounds; Cucumis melo; l methionine; melon fruit; methionine lyase; stable isotope feeding; sulfur volatiles

Indexed keywords

AROMA COMPOUNDS; CELL-FREE EXTRACTS; CUCUMIS MELO; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITIES; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; L -METHIONINE; RECOMBINANT INBRED LINES; STABLE ISOTOPES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRUITS; ISOTOPES; METABOLISM; PLANTS (BOTANY); SULFUR;

AMINO ACIDS;

AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMINE PYRUVATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMINE-PYRUVATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ISOLEUCINE; L-METHIONINE GAMMA-LYASE; LYASE; METHIONINE; METHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; SULFUR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRUIT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MELON; METABOLISM; PLANT GENE; SOLUBILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; CUCUMIS MELO; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRUIT; GENES, PLANT; ISOLEUCINE; METHIONINE; PLANT PROTEINS; SOLUBILITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SULFUR; TRANSAMINASES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84876676173     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12149     Document Type: Article

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