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Serine acetyltransferase from Arabidopsis thaliana can functionally complement the cysteine requirement of a cysE mutant strain of Escherichia coli.
Cellular & molecular biology research - 1 Jan 1995
Murillo M, Foglia R, Diller A, Lee S, Leustek T
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Serine acetyltransferase, a key enzyme in the L-cysteine biosynthetic pathway of sulfate assimilating organisms, catalyzes the formation of O-acetylserine, the immediate precursor of L-cysteine. In higher plants, it is thought that sulfur assimilation occurs primarily in leaf chloroplasts; however, serine acetyltransferase is not localized exclusively in this tissue and organelle. At least three genes for serine...
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