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Regulation of lysine metabolism and endosperm protein synthesis by the opaque-5 and opaque-7 maize mutations.
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry - 28 Jul 2004
Azevedo Ricardo A, Lea Peter J, Damerval Catherine, Landry Jacques, Bellato Cláudia M, Meinhardt Lyndel W, Le Guilloux Martine, Delhaye Sonia, Varisi Vanderlei A, Gaziola Salete A, Gratão Priscila L, Toro Alejandro A
Abstract excerpt
Two high lysine maize endosperm mutations, opaque-5 (o5) and opaque-7 (o7), were biochemically characterized for endosperm protein synthesis and lysine metabolism in immature seeds. Albumins, globulins, and glutelins, which have a high content of lysine, were shown to be increased in the mutants, whereas zeins, which contain trace concentrations of lysine, were reduced in relation to the wild-type lines B77xB79+...
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