Article
UDP-glucose dehydrogenases of maize: a role in cell wall pentose biosynthesis.
The Biochemical journal - 15 Oct 2005
Kärkönen Anna, Murigneux Alain, Martinant Jean-Pierre, Pepey Elodie, Tatout Christophe, Dudley Bernard J, Fry Stephen C
Abstract excerpt
UDPGDH (UDP-D-glucose dehydrogenase) oxidizes UDP-Glc (UDP-D-glucose) to UDP-GlcA (UDP-D-glucuronate), the precursor of UDP-D-xylose and UDP-L-arabinose, major cell wall polysaccharide precursors. Maize (Zea mays L.) has at least two putative UDPGDH genes (A and B), according to sequence similarity to a soya bean UDPGDH gene. The predicted maize amino acid sequences have 95% similarity to that of soya bean. Maize...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Cell Wall
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Pentoses
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Uridine Diphosphate Glucose Dehydrogenase
- Zea mays