Kinetics and functional diversity among the five members of the NADP-malic enzyme family from Zea mays, a C4 species

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-80

  Alvarez, Clarisa E ^a   Saigo, Mariana ^a   Margarit, Ezequiel ^a,b   Andreo, Carlos S ^a   Drincovich, María F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular de Rosario   (Argentina)

Author keywords

C4 photosynthesis; Evolution; Maize; NADP malic enzyme; Orthologs

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE (OXALOACETATE DECARBOXYLATING) (NADP+); MALATE DEHYDROGENASE (OXALOACETATE-DECARBOXYLATING) (NADP+); VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; KINETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; KINETICS; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ZEA MAYS;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; LILIOPSIDA; ORYZA SATIVA; POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84877747332     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-013-9839-9     Document Type: Article

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