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Catalase and antiquitin from Euphorbia characias: Two proteins involved in plant defense?

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Here we report the cDNA nucleotide sequences of a calmodulin-binding catalase and an antiquitin from the latex of the Mediterranean shrub Euphorbia characias. Present findings suggest that catalase and antiquitin might represent additional nodes in the Euphorbia defense systems, and a multi-enzymatic interaction contributing to plant’s protection against biotic and abiotic stresses is proposed to occur in E. characias laticifers.

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Abbreviations

ALDH:

aldehyde dehydrogenases

CaM:

calmodulin

EAq:

Euphorbia antiquitin

ECat:

Euphorbia catalase

ELAO:

Euphorbia latex amine oxidase

ELP:

Euphorbia latex peroxidase

nt:

nucleotide

RACE:

rapid amplification cDNA ends

RT-PCR:

reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction

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  1. Department of Applied Sciences in Biosystems, University of Cagliari, I-09042, Monserrato (Cagliari), Italy

    A. Mura, F. Pintus, R. Medda, G. Floris & A. Padiglia

  2. Department of Biomedical Sciences and Technologies, University of Cagliari, I-09042, Monserrato (Cagliari), Italy

    A. C. Rinaldi

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Published in Russian in Biokhimiya, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 5, pp. 622–630.

Originally published in Biochemistry (Moscow) On-Line Papers in Press, as Manuscript BM06-318, February 18, 2007.

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Mura, A., Pintus, F., Medda, R. et al. Catalase and antiquitin from Euphorbia characias: Two proteins involved in plant defense?. Biochemistry Moscow 72, 501–508 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0006297907050069

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