CYSTEINE BIOSYNTHESIS IN PLANTS - ISOLATION AND FUNCTIONAL IDENTIFICATION OF A CDNA-ENCODING A SERINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE FROM ARABIDOPSIS-THALIANA

Authors
BOGDANOVA N BORK C HELL R
Citation
N. Bogdanova et al., CYSTEINE BIOSYNTHESIS IN PLANTS - ISOLATION AND FUNCTIONAL IDENTIFICATION OF A CDNA-ENCODING A SERINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE FROM ARABIDOPSIS-THALIANA, FEBS letters, 358(1), 1995, pp. 43-47
Citations number
40
Categorie Soggetti
Biophysics,Biology
Journal title
FEBS letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00145793
Volume
358
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
43 - 47
Database
ISI
SICI code
0014-5793(1995)358:1<43:CBIP-I>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
A cDNA encoding for serine acetyltransferase which catalyzes the commi tting step of cysteine biosynthesis has been cloned from Arabidopsis t haliana. The plant protein has a predicted molecular weight of 32.8 kD a and shows up to 43% of amino acid homology to bacterial serine acety ltransferases. It complements a serine acetyltransferase negative E. c oli mutant and can be enzymatically determined in the heterologous hos t. The corresponding mRNA is predominantely expressed in light exposed tissue and represents one of at least two related genes.