Article
Thymidine kinases share a conserved function for nucleotide salvage and play an essential role in Arabidopsis thaliana growth and development.
The New phytologist - 1 Dec 2015
Xu Jing, Zhang Lin, Yang Dong-Lei, Li Qun, He Zuhua
Abstract excerpt
Thymidine kinases (TKs) are important components in the nucleotide salvage pathway. However, knowledge about plant TKs is quite limited. In this study, the molecular function of TKs in Arabidopsis thaliana was investigated. Two TKs were identified and named AtTK1 and AtTK2. Expression of both genes was ubiquitous, but AtTK1 was strongly expressed in high-proliferation tissues. AtTK1 was localized to the cytosol,...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Arabidopsis
- Arabidopsis Proteins
- Cytosol
- Escherichia coli
- Genes, Plant
- Humans
- Mitochondria
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Nucleotides
- Oryza
- Phylogeny
- Plant Development
- Pyrimidine Nucleosides
- Sequence Alignment
- Thymidine Kinase