Deletion of a C-terminal intrinsically disordered region of WRINKLED1 affects its stability and enhances oil accumulation in Arabidopsis

Plant Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 864-874

  Ma, Wei ^a   Kong, Que ^a,b   Grix, Michael ^b   Mantyla, Jenny J ^b   Yang, Yang ^a,b   Benning, Christoph ^a,b   Ohlrogge, John B ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

intrinsically disordered region; PEST motif; phosphorylation; plant oil biosynthesis; protein stability; transcription factor

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; STABILITY; TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VEGETABLE OILS;

INTRINSIC DISORDER; INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED REGIONS; PEST MOTIF; PHOSPHORYLATION SITES; PLANT OIL; POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS; PROTEIN STABILITY; YEAST TWO-HYBRID ASSAYS;

PETROLEUM INDUSTRY;

ARABIDOPSIS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BPM1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE OIL; WRINKLED1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLANT OILS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84940199168     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12933     Document Type: Article

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