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Molecular models and mutational analyses of plant specifier proteins suggest active site residues and reaction mechanism.
Plant molecular biology - 1 Jan 2014
Brandt Wolfgang, Backenköhler Anita, Schulze Eva, Plock Antje, Herberg Thomas, Roese Elin, Wittstock Ute
Abstract excerpt
As components of the glucosinolate-myrosinase system, specifier proteins contribute to the diversity of chemical defenses that have evolved in plants of the Brassicales order as a protection against herbivores and pathogens. Glucosinolates are thioglucosides that are stored separately from their hydrolytic enzymes, myrosinases, in plant tissue. Upon tissue disruption, glucosinolates are hydrolyzed by myrosinases...
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