Plant expression of NifD protein variants resistant to mitochondrial degradation [Plant Biology]

To engineer Mo-dependent nitrogenase function in plants, expression of the structural proteins NifD and NifK will be an absolute requirement. Although mitochondria have been established as a suitable eukaryotic environment for biosynthesis of oxygen-sensitive enzymes such as NifH, expression of NifD in this organelle has proven difficult due to cryptic...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - September 14, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Robert S. Allen, Christina M. Gregg, Shoko Okada, Amratha Menon, Dawar Hussain, Vanessa Gillespie, Ema Johnston, Rosangela Devilla, Andrew C. Warden, Matthew Taylor, Keren Byrne, Michelle Colgrave, Craig C. Wood Tags: Biological Sciences Source Type: research