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NET4 and RabG3 link actin to the tonoplast and facilitate cytoskeletal remodelling during stomatal immunity (2023)
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Hawkins, T. J., Kopischke, M., Duckney, P. J., Rybak, K., Mentlak, D. A., Kroon, J. T. M., …Robatzek, S. (2023). NET4 and RabG3 link actin to the tonoplast and facilitate cytoskeletal remodelling during stomatal immunity. Nature Communications, 14(1), Article 5848. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41337-z

Members of the NETWORKED (NET) family are involved in actin-membrane interactions. Here we show that two members of the NET family, NET4A and NET4B, are essential for normal guard cell actin reorganization, which is a process critical for stomatal cl... Read More about NET4 and RabG3 link actin to the tonoplast and facilitate cytoskeletal remodelling during stomatal immunity.

Exo84c interacts with VAP27 to regulate exocytotic compartment degradation and stigma senescence (2023)
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Zhang, T., Li, Y., Li, C., Zang, J., Gao, E., Kroon, J. T., …Wang, P. (2023). Exo84c interacts with VAP27 to regulate exocytotic compartment degradation and stigma senescence. Nature Communications, 14(1), Article 4888. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-40729-5

In plants, exocyst subunit isoforms exhibit significant functional diversity in that they are involved in either protein secretion or autophagy, both of which are essential for plant development and survival. Although the molecular basis of autophagy... Read More about Exo84c interacts with VAP27 to regulate exocytotic compartment degradation and stigma senescence.

TraB family proteins are components of ER-mitochondrial contact sites and regulate ER-mitochondrial interactions and mitophagy (2022)
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Li, C., Duckney, P., Zhang, T., Fu, Y., Li, X., Kroon, J., …Wang, P. (2022). TraB family proteins are components of ER-mitochondrial contact sites and regulate ER-mitochondrial interactions and mitophagy. Nature Communications, 13, Article 5658. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33402-w

ER-mitochondria contact sites (EMCSs) are important for mitochondrial function. Here, we have identified a EMCS complex, comprising a family of uncharacterised mitochondrial outer membrane proteins, TRB1, TRB2 and the ER protein, VAP27-1. In Arabidop... Read More about TraB family proteins are components of ER-mitochondrial contact sites and regulate ER-mitochondrial interactions and mitophagy.

Extracellular ATP targets Arabidopsis RIBONUCLEASE 1 to suppress mycotoxin stress-induced cell death (2022)
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Goodman, H. L., Kroon, J. T., Tomé, D. F., Hamilton, J. M., Alqarni, A. O., & Chivasa, S. (2022). Extracellular ATP targets Arabidopsis RIBONUCLEASE 1 to suppress mycotoxin stress-induced cell death. New Phytologist, 235(4), 1531-1542. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18211

Extracellular ATP is a purinergic signal with important functions in regulating plant growth and stress-adaptive responses, including programmed cell death. While signalling events proximate to receptor activation at the plasma membrane have been cha... Read More about Extracellular ATP targets Arabidopsis RIBONUCLEASE 1 to suppress mycotoxin stress-induced cell death.

NETWORKED2‐Subfamily Proteins Regulate the Cortical Actin Cytoskeleton of Growing Pollen Tubes and Polarised Pollen Tube Growth (2021)
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Duckney, P., Kroon, J. T., Dixon, M. R., Hawkins, T. J., Deeks, M. J., & Hussey, P. J. (2021). NETWORKED2‐Subfamily Proteins Regulate the Cortical Actin Cytoskeleton of Growing Pollen Tubes and Polarised Pollen Tube Growth. New Phytologist, 231(1), 152-164. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17391

We have recently characterised NET2A as a pollen‐specific actin‐binding protein which binds F‐actin at the plasma membrane of growing pollen tubes. However, the role of NET2 proteins in pollen development and fertilisation have yet to be elucidated.... Read More about NETWORKED2‐Subfamily Proteins Regulate the Cortical Actin Cytoskeleton of Growing Pollen Tubes and Polarised Pollen Tube Growth.

Isolation of Arabidopsis extracellular ATP‐binding proteins by affinity proteomics and identification of PHOSPHOLIPASE C‐LIKE 1 as an extracellular protein essential for fumonisin B1 toxicity (2021)
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Smith, S. J., Goodman, H., Kroon, J. T., Brown, A. P., Simon, W. J., & Chivasa, S. (2021). Isolation of Arabidopsis extracellular ATP‐binding proteins by affinity proteomics and identification of PHOSPHOLIPASE C‐LIKE 1 as an extracellular protein essential for fumonisin B1 toxicity. The Plant Journal, 106(5), 1387-1400. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15243

ATP is secreted to the extracellular matrix where it activates plasma membrane receptors for controlling plant growth and stress‐adaptive processes. DOES NOT RESPOND TO NUCLEOTIDES 1 (DORN1), the first plant ATP receptor was identified, but key downs... Read More about Isolation of Arabidopsis extracellular ATP‐binding proteins by affinity proteomics and identification of PHOSPHOLIPASE C‐LIKE 1 as an extracellular protein essential for fumonisin B1 toxicity.

A PXY-Mediated Transcriptional Network Integrates Signaling Mechanisms to Control Vascular Development in Arabidopsis (2019)
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Smit, M., McGregor, S., Sun, H., Gough, C., Bågman, A., Soyars, C., …Etchells, J. (2020). A PXY-Mediated Transcriptional Network Integrates Signaling Mechanisms to Control Vascular Development in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell, 32, 319-335. https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00562

Vascular meristems generate the majority of biomass in higher plants. They constitute a bifacial stem cell population from which xylem and phloem are specified on opposing sides by positional signals. The PHLOEM INTERCALATED WITH XYLEM (PXY) receptor... Read More about A PXY-Mediated Transcriptional Network Integrates Signaling Mechanisms to Control Vascular Development in Arabidopsis.

Organ-specific genetic interactions between paralogues of the PXY and ER receptor kinases enforce radial patterning in Arabidopsis vascular tissue (2019)
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Wang, N., Bagdassarian, K., Doherty, R., Kroon, J., Connor, K., Wang, X., …Etchells, J. (2019). Organ-specific genetic interactions between paralogues of the PXY and ER receptor kinases enforce radial patterning in Arabidopsis vascular tissue. Development, 146(10), Article 177105. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.177105

In plants, cells do not migrate. Tissues are frequently arranged in concentric rings, thus expansion of inner layers is coordinated with cell division and/or expansion of cells in outer layers. In Arabidopsis stems, receptor kinases, PXY and ER, gene... Read More about Organ-specific genetic interactions between paralogues of the PXY and ER receptor kinases enforce radial patterning in Arabidopsis vascular tissue.

Paralogues of the PXY and ER receptor kinases enforce radial patterning in plant vascular tissue (2018)
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Wang, N., Bagdassarian, K. S., Doherty, R. E., Wang, X. Y., Kroon, J. T., Wang, W., …Etchells, J. P. Paralogues of the PXY and ER receptor kinases enforce radial patterning in plant vascular tissue. https://doi.org/10.1101/357244. Manuscript submitted for publication

Plant cell walls do not allow cells to migrate, thus plant growth and development is entirely the consequence of changes to cell division and cell elongation. Where tissues are arranged in concentric rings, expansion of inner tissue, such as that whi... Read More about Paralogues of the PXY and ER receptor kinases enforce radial patterning in plant vascular tissue.

Actin–membrane interactions mediated by NETWORKED2 in Arabidopsis pollen tubes through associations with Pollen Receptor-Like Kinase 4 and 5 (2017)
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Duckney, P., Deeks, M., Dixon, M., Kroon, J., Hawkins, T., & Hussey, P. (2017). Actin–membrane interactions mediated by NETWORKED2 in Arabidopsis pollen tubes through associations with Pollen Receptor-Like Kinase 4 and 5. New Phytologist, 216(4), 1170-1180. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14745

During fertilization, Pollen Receptor-Like Kinases (PRKs) control pollen tube growth through the pistil in response to extracellular signals, and regulate the actin cytoskeleton at the tube apex to drive tip growth. We investigated a novel link betwe... Read More about Actin–membrane interactions mediated by NETWORKED2 in Arabidopsis pollen tubes through associations with Pollen Receptor-Like Kinase 4 and 5.

Cyclin-dependent kinase activity enhances phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis in Arabidopsis by repressing phosphatidic acid phosphohydrolase activity (2016)
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Craddock, C. P., Adams, N., Kroon, J. T., Bryant, F. M., Hussey, P. J., Kurup, S., & Eastmond, P. J. (2016). Cyclin-dependent kinase activity enhances phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis in Arabidopsis by repressing phosphatidic acid phosphohydrolase activity. The Plant Journal, https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.13321

Coordination of endomembrane biogenesis with cell cycle progression is considered to be important in maintaining cell function during growth and development. We previously showed that disruption of PHOSPHATIDIC ACID PHOSPHOHYDROLASE (PAH) activity in... Read More about Cyclin-dependent kinase activity enhances phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis in Arabidopsis by repressing phosphatidic acid phosphohydrolase activity.

A Novel Function for Arabidopsis CYCLASE1 in Programmed Cell Death Revealed by Isobaric Tags for Relative and Absolute Quantitation (iTRAQ) Analysis of Extracellular Matrix Proteins (2015)
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Smith, S. J., Kroon, J. T., Simon, W. J., Slabas, A. R., & Chivasa, S. (2015). A Novel Function for Arabidopsis CYCLASE1 in Programmed Cell Death Revealed by Isobaric Tags for Relative and Absolute Quantitation (iTRAQ) Analysis of Extracellular Matrix Proteins. Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, 14(6), 1556-1568. https://doi.org/10.1074/mcp.m114.045054

Programmed cell death is essential for plant development and stress adaptation. A detailed understanding of the signal transduction pathways that regulate plant programmed cell death requires identification of the underpinning protein networks. Here,... Read More about A Novel Function for Arabidopsis CYCLASE1 in Programmed Cell Death Revealed by Isobaric Tags for Relative and Absolute Quantitation (iTRAQ) Analysis of Extracellular Matrix Proteins.

Tissue-specific whole transcriptome sequencing in castor, directed at understanding triacylglycerol lipid biosynthetic pathways (2012)
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Brown, A., Kroon, J., Swarbreck, D., Febrer, M., Larson, T., Graham, I., …Slabas, A. (2012). Tissue-specific whole transcriptome sequencing in castor, directed at understanding triacylglycerol lipid biosynthetic pathways. PLoS ONE, 7(2), Article e30100. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030100

Background: Storage triacylglycerols in castor bean seeds are enriched in the hydroxylated fatty acid ricinoleate. Extensive tissue-specific RNA-Seq transcriptome and lipid analysis will help identify components important for its biosynthesis. Method... Read More about Tissue-specific whole transcriptome sequencing in castor, directed at understanding triacylglycerol lipid biosynthetic pathways.

Components of Complex Lipid Biosynthetic Pathways in Developing Castor (Ricinus communis) Seeds Identified by MudPIT Analysis of Enriched Endoplasmic Reticulum (2011)
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Brown, A., Kroon, J., Topping, J., Robson, J., Simon, W., & Slabas, A. (2011). Components of Complex Lipid Biosynthetic Pathways in Developing Castor (Ricinus communis) Seeds Identified by MudPIT Analysis of Enriched Endoplasmic Reticulum. Journal of Proteome Research, 10(8), 3565-3577. https://doi.org/10.1021/pr2002066

Recessive mutations in the putative calcium-activated chloride channel Anoctamin 5 cause proximal LGMD2L and distal MMD3 muscular dystrophies. (2010)
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Bolduc, V., Marlow, G., Boycott, K., Saleki, K., Inoue, H., Kroon, J., …Brais, B. (2010). Recessive mutations in the putative calcium-activated chloride channel Anoctamin 5 cause proximal LGMD2L and distal MMD3 muscular dystrophies. American Journal of Human Genetics, 86(2), 213-221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2009.12.013

The recently described human anion channel Anoctamin (ANO) protein family comprises at least ten members, many of which have been shown to correspond to calcium-activated chloride channels. To date, the only reported human mutations in this family of... Read More about Recessive mutations in the putative calcium-activated chloride channel Anoctamin 5 cause proximal LGMD2L and distal MMD3 muscular dystrophies..

Identification and functional expression of a type 2 acyl-CoA :diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT2) in developing castor bean seedswhich has high homology to the major triglyceride biosynthetic enzymeof fungi and animals. (2006)
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Kroon, J., Wei, W., Simon, J., & Slabas, A. (2006). Identification and functional expression of a type 2 acyl-CoA :diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT2) in developing castor bean seedswhich has high homology to the major triglyceride biosynthetic enzymeof fungi and animals. Phytochemistry, 67(23), 2541-2549

Identification and functional expression of a type 2 acyl-CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT2) in developing castor bean seeds which has high homology to the major triglyceride biosynthetic enzyme of fungi and animals (2006)
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Kroon, J. T., Wei, W., Simon, W. J., & Slabas, A. R. (2006). Identification and functional expression of a type 2 acyl-CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT2) in developing castor bean seeds which has high homology to the major triglyceride biosynthetic enzyme of fungi and animals. Phytochemistry, 67(23), 2541-2549. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2006.09.020

Seed oil from castor bean (Ricinus communis) contains high amounts of hydroxy fatty acid rich triacylglycerols (TAGs) that can serve as raw material for production of bio-based products such as nylon, cosmetics, lubricants, foams, and surfactants. Di... Read More about Identification and functional expression of a type 2 acyl-CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT2) in developing castor bean seeds which has high homology to the major triglyceride biosynthetic enzyme of fungi and animals.

Arabidopsis RecQsim, a plant-specific member of the RecQ helicase family, can suppress the MMS hypersensitivity of the yeast sgs1 mutant. (2003)
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Bagherieh-Najjar, M. B., de Vries, O. M., Kroon, J. T., Wright, E. L., Elborough, K. M., Hille, J., & Dijkwel, P. P. (2003). Arabidopsis RecQsim, a plant-specific member of the RecQ helicase family, can suppress the MMS hypersensitivity of the yeast sgs1 mutant. Plant Molecular Biology, 52(2), 273-284. https://doi.org/10.1023/a%3A1023968429220

The Arabidopsis genome contains seven genes that belong to the RecQ family of ATP- dependent DNA helicases. RecQ members in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (SGS1) and man (WRN, BLM and RecQL4) are involved in DNA recombination, repair and genome stability m... Read More about Arabidopsis RecQsim, a plant-specific member of the RecQ helicase family, can suppress the MMS hypersensitivity of the yeast sgs1 mutant..

Squash glycerol-3-phosphate (1)-acyltransferase - Alteration of substrate selectivity and identification of arginine and lysineresidues important in catalytic activity (2002)
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Slabas, A., Kroon, J., Scheirer, T., Gilroy, J., Hayman, M., Rice, D., …Simon, W. (2002). Squash glycerol-3-phosphate (1)-acyltransferase - Alteration of substrate selectivity and identification of arginine and lysineresidues important in catalytic activity. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 277(46), 43918-43923. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m206429200

Glycerol-3-phosphate 1-acyltransferase is a soluble chloroplast enzyme involved in glycerol-lipid biosynthesis associated with chilling resistance in plants (1). Resistance is associated with higher selectivity for unsaturated acyl substrates over sa... Read More about Squash glycerol-3-phosphate (1)-acyltransferase - Alteration of substrate selectivity and identification of arginine and lysineresidues important in catalytic activity.

Analysis of the Structure, Substrate Specificity, and Mechanism of Squash Glycerol-3-Phosphate (1)-Acyltransferase. (2001)
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Turnbull, A., Rafferty, J., Sedelnikova, S., Slabas, A., Scheirer, T., Kroon, J., …Rice, D. (2001). Analysis of the Structure, Substrate Specificity, and Mechanism of Squash Glycerol-3-Phosphate (1)-Acyltransferase. Structure, 9(5), 347-353. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0969-2126%2801%2900595-0

Background: Glycerol-3-phosphate (1)-acyltransferase(G3PAT) catalyzes the incorporation of an acyl group from either acyl-acyl carrier proteins (acylACPs) or acyl-CoAs into the sn-1 position of glycerol 3-phosphate to yield 1-acylglycerol-3-phosphate... Read More about Analysis of the Structure, Substrate Specificity, and Mechanism of Squash Glycerol-3-Phosphate (1)-Acyltransferase..

Mutagenesis of squash (Cucurbita moschata) glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (GPAT) to produce an enzyme with altered substrate selectivity (2000)
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Hayman, M., Fawcett, T., Schierer, T., Simon, J., Kroon, J., Gilroy, J., …Slabas, A. (2000). Mutagenesis of squash (Cucurbita moschata) glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (GPAT) to produce an enzyme with altered substrate selectivity. Biochemical Society Transactions, 28(6), 680-681. https://doi.org/10.1042/bst0280680

In an attempt to rationalize the relationship between structure and substrate selectivity of glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (GPAT, 1AT, EC 2.3.1.15) we have cloned a number of cDNAs into the PET overexpression system using a PCR-based approach.... Read More about Mutagenesis of squash (Cucurbita moschata) glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (GPAT) to produce an enzyme with altered substrate selectivity.

The X-ray structure of Brassica napus β-keto acyl carrier protein reductase and its implications for substrate binding and catalysis (2000)
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Fisher, M., Kroon, J. T., Martindale, W., Stuitje, A. R., Slabas, A. R., & Rafferty, J. B. (2000). The X-ray structure of Brassica napus β-keto acyl carrier protein reductase and its implications for substrate binding and catalysis. Structure, 8(4), 339-347. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0969-2126%2800%2900115-5

Background: β-Keto acyl carrier protein reductase (BKR) catalyzes the pyridine-nucleotide-dependent reduction of a 3-oxoacyl form of acyl carrier protein (ACP), the first reductive step in de novo fatty acid biosynthesis and a reaction often performe... Read More about The X-ray structure of Brassica napus β-keto acyl carrier protein reductase and its implications for substrate binding and catalysis.

A Consensus Sequence for Long-chain Fatty-acid Alcohol Oxidases from Candida Identifies a Family of Genes Involved in Lipid ω-Oxidation in Yeast with Homologues in Plants and Bacteria (2000)
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Vanhanen, S., West, M., Kroon, J. T., Lindner, N., Casey, J., Cheng, Q., …Slabas, A. R. (2000). A Consensus Sequence for Long-chain Fatty-acid Alcohol Oxidases from Candida Identifies a Family of Genes Involved in Lipid ω-Oxidation in Yeast with Homologues in Plants and Bacteria. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 275(6), P4445-4452. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.275.6.4445

The yeast Candida cloacaeis capable of growing on alkanes and fatty acids as sole carbon sources. Transfer of cultures from a glucose medium to one containing oleic acid induced seven proteins of M r102,000, 73,000, 61,000, 54,000, and 46,000 and two... Read More about A Consensus Sequence for Long-chain Fatty-acid Alcohol Oxidases from Candida Identifies a Family of Genes Involved in Lipid ω-Oxidation in Yeast with Homologues in Plants and Bacteria.

Towards the genetic engineering of triacylglycerols of defined fatty acid composition: Major changes in erucic acid content at the sn-2position affected by the introduction of a1-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase from Limnanthesdouglasii into oi (1996)
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Brough, C., Coventry, J., Christie, W., Kroon, J., Brown, A., Barsby, T., & Slabas, A. (1996). Towards the genetic engineering of triacylglycerols of defined fatty acid composition: Major changes in erucic acid content at the sn-2position affected by the introduction of a1-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase from Limnanthesdouglasii into oi. Molecular Breeding, 2(2), 133-142

Towards the genetic engineering of triacylglycerols of defined fatty acid composition: major changes in erucic acid content at the sn-2 position affected by the introduction of a 1-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase from Limnanthes douglasii into oil seed rape (1996)
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Brough, C. L., Coventry, J. M., Christie, W. W., Kroon, J. T., Brown, A. P., Barsby, T. L., & Slabas, A. R. (1996). Towards the genetic engineering of triacylglycerols of defined fatty acid composition: major changes in erucic acid content at the sn-2 position affected by the introduction of a 1-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase from Limnanthes douglasii into oil seed rape. Molecular Breeding, 2(2), 133-142. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00441428

A cDNA encoding a 1-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase from Limnanthes douglasii was introduced into oil seed rape (Brassica napus) under the control of a napin promoter. Seed triacylglycerols from transgenic plants were analysed by reverse... Read More about Towards the genetic engineering of triacylglycerols of defined fatty acid composition: major changes in erucic acid content at the sn-2 position affected by the introduction of a 1-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase from Limnanthes douglasii into oil seed rape.

Identification of a cDNA that encodes a 1-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase from Limnanthes douglasii (1995)
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Brown, A. P., Brough, C. L., Kroon, J. T., & Slabas, A. R. (1995). Identification of a cDNA that encodes a 1-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase from Limnanthes douglasii. Plant Molecular Biology, 29(2), 267-278. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00043651

Two different techniques were used to isolate potential cDNAs for acyl-CoA: 1-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (LPA-AT) enzymes from Limnanthes douglasii. Both heterologous screening with the maize pMAT1 clone and in vivo complementation... Read More about Identification of a cDNA that encodes a 1-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase from Limnanthes douglasii.

Isolation of cDNAs from Brassica napus encoding the biotin-binding and transcarboxylase domains of acetyl-CoA carboxylase: assignment of the domain structure in a full-length Arabidopsis thaliana genomic clone. (1994)
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Elborough, K., Swinhoe, R., Winz, R., KROON, J., Farnsworth, L., Fawcett, T., …Slabas, A. (1994). Isolation of cDNAs from Brassica napus encoding the biotin-binding and transcarboxylase domains of acetyl-CoA carboxylase: assignment of the domain structure in a full-length Arabidopsis thaliana genomic clone. Biochemical Journal, 301(2), 599-605. https://doi.org/10.1042/bj3010599

One independent and two overlapping rape cDNA clones have been isolated from a rape embryo library. We have shown that they encode a 2.3 kb and a 2.5 kb stretch of the full-length acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACCase) cDNA, corresponding to the biotin-bind... Read More about Isolation of cDNAs from Brassica napus encoding the biotin-binding and transcarboxylase domains of acetyl-CoA carboxylase: assignment of the domain structure in a full-length Arabidopsis thaliana genomic clone..

Cloning and structural analysis of the anthocyanin pigmentation locus Rt of Petunia hybrida: characterization of insertion sequences in two mutant alleles (1994)
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Kroon, J., Souer, E., de Graaff, A., Xue, Y., Mol, J., & Koes, R. (1994). Cloning and structural analysis of the anthocyanin pigmentation locus Rt of Petunia hybrida: characterization of insertion sequences in two mutant alleles. The Plant Journal, 5(1), https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-313x.1994.5010069.x

Anthocyanin biosynthesis in flowers of Petunia hybrida is controlled by the regulatory genes an1, an2 and an11. Seven classes of cDNA clones homologous to transcripts that are down-regulated in an1−, an2− and an11− mutants were isolated via different... Read More about Cloning and structural analysis of the anthocyanin pigmentation locus Rt of Petunia hybrida: characterization of insertion sequences in two mutant alleles.

The petunia homologue of the Antirrhinum majus candi and Zea mays A2 flavonoid genes; homology to flavanone 3-hydroxylase and ethylene-forming enzyme (1993)
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Weiss, D., van der Luit, A. H., Kroon, J. T., Mol, J. N., & Kooter, J. M. (1993). The petunia homologue of the Antirrhinum majus candi and Zea mays A2 flavonoid genes; homology to flavanone 3-hydroxylase and ethylene-forming enzyme. Plant Molecular Biology, 22(5), 893-897. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00027374

The synthesis of anthocyanins in higher plants involves many enzymatic steps. Here we describe the isolation and characterization of a cDNA, ant17, which encodes a protein that has 73% amino acid sequence identity with the candi gene product of Antir... Read More about The petunia homologue of the Antirrhinum majus candi and Zea mays A2 flavonoid genes; homology to flavanone 3-hydroxylase and ethylene-forming enzyme.