Lysine Biosynthesis in Plants : Characterization of an LL-Diaminopimelate Aminotansferase that Defines a Novel Variant of the Lysine Anabolic Pathways

ISBN-13: 9783836481397 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 132 str.

Andre Hudson; Thomas Leustek

Opis

The pathway by which plants synthesize the essential amino acid lysine was not completely clear. The goal of this work was to identify the genes that make up this essential pathway from plants. This led to the discovery of a novel enzyme L,L-diaminopimelate aminotransferase that is able to bridge the metabolic gap between two compounds that is necessary for lysine biosynthesis. This is important because attempts to produce plants that over produce lysine have been done without the knowledge of how plants synthesize this amino acid.

O autorze

2006-present: Post-doctoral associate, Rutgers University, The State University New Brunswick, NJ. 2000-2006: Ph.D. Plant Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ. 1996-2000: B.S. Biology, Virginia Union University, Richmond, VA.