Cloning and functional expression of AtCOQ3, the Arabidopsis homologue of the yeast COQ3 gene, encoding a methyltransferase from plant mitochondria involved in ubiquinone biosynthesis
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- 1 April 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The Plant Journal
- Vol. 14 (2), 203-213
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-313x.1998.00109.x
Abstract
A mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae deleted for the COQ3 gene was constructed. COQ3 encodes a 3,4-dihydroxy-5-hexaprenylbenzoate (DHHB) methyltransferase that catalyses the fourth step in the biosyn...Keywords
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