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Identification and characterisation of PEX6 orthologues from plants
C P Kaplan1, J E Thomas, W L Charlton
1Centre for Plant Sciences, LIBA, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, Leeds, UK.
Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta
|June 8, 2001
Abstract:
The sunflower (Helianthus annuus) orthologue of PEX6, an AAA ATPase essential for the biogenesis of peroxisomes in yeasts and mammals, was isolated. HaPex6p is immunologically related to Pichia pastoris Pex6p. Like other genes involved in peroxisome biogenesis and function HaPEX6 mRNA and protein levels peak in early post-germinative growth and mRNA levels also increase in senescent tissue. HaPEX6 identifies probable orthologues in Arabidopsis and rice.