Adaptive engineering of phytochelatin-based heavy metal tolerance

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 290, Issue 28, 2015, Pages 17321-17330

  Cahoon, Rebecca E ^a,b   Lutke, W Kevin ^b   Cameron, Jeffrey C ^a   Chen, Sixue ^b,c   Lee, Soon Goo ^a   Rivard, Rebecca S ^b   Rea, Philip A ^d   Jez, Joseph M ^a,b,d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CADMIUM; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METALS; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; PEPTIDES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL POLLUTION; YEAST;

ADAPTIVE ENGINEERING; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HEAVY METAL TOLERANCE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING APPROACH; PATHWAY ENGINEERINGS; PHYTOCHELATIN SYNTHASE;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

CADMIUM; GAMMA GLUTAMYLCYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; GROUND WATER; PHYTOCHELATIN; PHYTOCHELATIN SYNTHASE; AMINOACYLTRANSFERASE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CHELATING AGENT; GLUTATHIONE GAMMA-GLUTAMYLCYSTEINYLTRANSFERASE; HEAVY METAL; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; BRASSICA JUNCEA; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPOSURE; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLITE; METAL TOLERANCE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION; WILD TYPE; ARABIDOPSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENETICS; INTOXICATION; METABOLISM; MUSTARD; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CADMIUM; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CHELATING AGENTS; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METALS, HEAVY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUSTARD PLANT; MUTAGENESIS; PHYTOCHELATINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POISONING; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84940069336     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M115.652123     Document Type: Article

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