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Engineering the cytokinin-glucoside specificity of the maize β-D-glucosidase Zm-p60.1 using site-directed random mutagenesis.
Phytochemistry - 1 Feb 2012
Filipi Tomáš, Mazura Pavel, Janda Lubomír, Kiran Nagavalli S, Brzobohatý Břetislav
Abstract excerpt
The maize β-D-glucosidase Zm-p60.1 releases active cytokinins from their storage/transport forms, and its over-expression in tobacco disrupts zeatin metabolism. The role of the active-site microenvironment in fine-tuning Zm-p60.1 substrate specificity has been explored, particularly in the W373K mutant, using site-directed random mutagenesis to investigate the influence of amino acid changes around the 373...
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