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Cloning and disruption of a phenylalanine ammonia-lyase gene from Ustilago maydis.
Current genetics - 1 Aug 2001
Kim S H, Virmani D, Wake K, MacDonald K, Kronstad J W, Ellis B E
Abstract excerpt
The enzyme L-phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) catalyzes the non-oxidative deamination of L-phenylalanine to form trans-cinnamic acid and ammonia. This enzyme is universally present in higher plants and it catalyzes the starting reaction for a central pathway that generates hundreds of different phenylpropanoid metabolites. Genes encoding PAL have been identified in fungi, but the role of the enzyme has not been...
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