Cloning and functional characterization of the Arabidopsis N-acetylserotonin O-methyltransferase responsible for melatonin synthesis

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 65-73

  Byeon, Yeong ^a   Lee, Hye Jung ^a   Lee, Hyoung Yool ^a   Back, Kyoungwhan ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis O methyltransferases; melatonin; N acetylserotonin O methyltransferase; rice ASMT ortholog; transgenic rice

Indexed keywords

5 METHOXYTRYPTAMINE; ACETYLSEROTONIN METHYLTRANSFERASE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA ACETYLSEROTONIN METHYLTRANSFERASE; CADMIUM; CAFFEIC ACID O METHYLTRANSFERASE; MELATONIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; N ACETYLSEROTONIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SEROTONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MELATONIN SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RICE; TRANSGENIC CROP; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ORYZA; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACETYLSEROTONIN O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; MELATONIN; ORYZA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84955213229     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpi.12289     Document Type: Article

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