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A novel lipoxygenase in pea roots. Its function in wounding and biotic stress.
Plant physiology - 1 Jul 2006
Veronico Pasqua, Giannino Donato, Melillo M Teresa, Leone Antonella, Reyes Aurelio, Kennedy Malcolm W, Bleve-Zacheo Teresa
Abstract excerpt
The genome of pea (Pisum sativum) contains genes encoding a family of distinct lipoxygenases (LOX). Among these, LOXN2 showed eight exons encoding a 93.7-kD enzyme, harboring two C-terminal deletions and an unusual arginine/threonine-tyrosine motif in the domain considered to control the substrate specificity. LOXN2, when overexpressed in yeast, exhibited normal enzyme activity with an optimum at pH 4.5, and a...
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