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ArticlePlants (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Enzymes Involved in the Biosynthesis of Arginine from Ornithine in Maritime Pine (

José Alberto Urbano-Gámez, Jorge El-Azaz, Concepción Ávila, Fernando N de la Torre, Francisco M Cánovas

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Article in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

José Alberto Urbano-GámezGrupo de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Departamento de Biología Molecular y Bioquímica, Universidad de Málaga, Campus Universitario de Teatinos, 29071 Málaga, Spain.
Jorge El-AzazGrupo de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Departamento de Biología Molecular y Bioquímica, Universidad de Málaga, Campus Universitario de Teatinos, 29071 Málaga, Spain.
Concepción ÁvilaGrupo de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Departamento de Biología Molecular y Bioquímica, Universidad de Málaga, Campus Universitario de Teatinos, 29071 Málaga, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8817-7529
Fernando N de la TorreGrupo de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Departamento de Biología Molecular y Bioquímica, Universidad de Málaga, Campus Universitario de Teatinos, 29071 Málaga, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4914-2558
Francisco M CánovasGrupo de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Departamento de Biología Molecular y Bioquímica, Universidad de Málaga, Campus Universitario de Teatinos, 29071 Málaga, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5143-3709
Universidad de Málaga · ES

Funding

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación RTI2018-094041-B-I00
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The amino acids arginine and ornithine are the precursors of a wide range of nitrogenous compounds in all living organisms. The metabolic conversion of ornithine into arginine is catalyzed by the sequential activities of the enzymes ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC), argininosuccinate synthetase (ASSY) and argininosuccinate lyase (ASL). Because of their roles in the urea cycle, these enzymes have been purified and extensively studied in a variety of animal models. However, the available information about their molecular characteristics, kinetic and regulatory properties is relatively limited in plants. In conifers, arginine plays a crucial role as a main constituent of N-rich storage proteins in seeds and serves as the main source of nitrogen for the germinating embryo. In this work, recombinant PpOTC, PpASSY and PpASL enzymes from maritime pine (

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amino acid biosynthesisargininebiochemical regulationconifersenzyme kineticsnitrogen metabolismornithinePinus

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PMID32992504
PMCPMC7601404
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