Comparison of plant-type phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylases from rice: Identification of two plant-specific regulatory regions of the allosteric enzyme

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 468-480

  Muramatsu, Masayuki ^a   Suzuki, Rintaro ^a   Yamazaki, Toshimasa ^a   Miyao, Mitsue ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allosteric enzyme; Enzyme kinetics; Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase; Rice; Site directed mutagenesis; Structure simulation

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; PHOSPHOSERINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; ORYZA; PHOSPHORYLATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALLOSTERIC SITE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPARTIC ACID; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; ORYZA; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHOSERINE; PLANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84942083213     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcu189     Document Type: Article

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