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Structure/function tea peroxidases

Reference	BBS/E/J/41004131
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor R Thorneley
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	John Innes Centre
Department	John Innes Centre Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	58,860
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/04/1998
End date	31/03/2002
Duration	48 months

Abstract

This project on tea peroxidases is part of an ECTMR network entitled 'Peroxidases in Agriculture, the Environment and Industry' and continues work originally sponsored by UNILEVER (40.00.4121) end date 31.1.98. The tea peroxidase has a high specificity activity with ascorbate and may play a key role in aerobic stress response. It also oxidises catechins present in green tea that may be involved in prophylaxis of certain cancers. Sequence data support homology with class III peroxidases but substrate specificity is characteristic of class I peroxidases. The aim is to determine how protein structure determines substrate specificity for a novel peroxidase and investigate its role in aerobic stress response in plants.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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