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The Phosphoramidase Competency Of Prototypical Phosphatase Catalytic Motifs, Mark P. Haney
The Phosphoramidase Competency Of Prototypical Phosphatase Catalytic Motifs, Mark P. Haney
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Phosphorylation of proteins is ubiquitous. Phosphorylation can activate proteins, deactivate proteins, assist in signaling, or serve other roles depending upon the biochemical pathway. Attaching phosphate to proteins is accomplished by enzymes called kinases; removing phosphate from proteins is accomplished by enzymes called phosphatases. Cells must regulate their biochemical pathways, and the antipodal roles of kinases and phosphatases represent the yin-yang of phosphorylation.
Phosphorylation of proteins is known to occur on serine, threonine, and tyrosine. This creates a phosphoester bond. Phosphoester bonds have a phosphorus-oxygen (P-O) bond. The ability of phosphatases to cleave such phosphoester bonds is well studied. Phosphorylation of …
Biochemical Characterization Of Sac9, A Putative Phosphoinositide Phosphatase In Arabidopsis Thaliana, And Its Role In Cellular Abnormalities, Almut H. Vollmer
Biochemical Characterization Of Sac9, A Putative Phosphoinositide Phosphatase In Arabidopsis Thaliana, And Its Role In Cellular Abnormalities, Almut H. Vollmer
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Since the early colonization of land by fungi and plants some 700 million years ago, plants have been continuously faced with changes in their environment. Unlike animals, plants are not free to move about, and can therefore not evade many stress factors. How plants sense and respond to their environment has been of interest not only to scientific research but also in more practical applications such as agriculture.
Signals (such as light or salinity) from the outside of plant cells trigger a flow of information to the inside of the cell. The final target for most of the information is …