Arabidopsis OR proteins are the major posttranscriptional regulators of phytoene synthase in controlling carotenoid biosynthesis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3558-3563

  Zhou, Xiangjun ^a,b   Welsch, Ralf ^c   Yang, Yong ^a   Álvarez, Daniel ^c   Riediger, Matthias ^c   Yuan, Hui ^a,b   Fish, Tara ^a   Liu, Jiping ^a   Thannhauser, Theodore W ^a   Li, Li ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Carotenoid; OR; Phytoene synthase; Posttranscriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAROTENOID; OR PROTEIN; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MODIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ARABIDOPSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; PLASTID; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CAROTENOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GERANYLGERANYL-DIPHOSPHATE GERANYLGERANYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLASTIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84925435267     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1420831112     Document Type: Article

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