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phytochelatin biosynthetic process

Known as: phytochelatin anabolism, cadystin biosynthetic process, phytochelatin formation 
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of phytochelatins, any of a group of peptides that bind metals (Cd, Zn, Cu, Pb, Hg) in… 
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Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Arabidopsis thaliana phytochelatin synthase 2 is constitutively active in vivo and can rescue the growth defect of the PCS1-deficient cad1-3 mutant on Cd-contaminated soil
Summary Experiments on Cd-contaminated soil demonstrated a contribution of phytochelatin synthesis to agriculturally relevant Cd… 
Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Influence of salicylic acid on phytochelatin synthesis in Zea mays during Cd stress
Presoaking maize (Zea mays) seeds in salicylic acid (SA) reduces damage caused by cadmium. In the present work the possible role… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Control of glutathione and phytochelatin synthesis under cadmium stress. Pathway modeling for plants.
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
A papain-like enzyme at work: native and acyl-enzyme intermediate structures in phytochelatin synthesis.
Phytochelatin synthase (PCS) is a key enzyme for heavy-metal detoxification in plants. PCS catalyzes the production of… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Phytochelatin synthase, a dipeptidyltransferase that undergoes multisite acylation with gamma-glutamylcysteine during catalysis: stoichiometric and site-directed mutagenic analysis of arabidopsis…
Phytochelatin (PC) synthase has been assumed to be a gamma-glutamylcysteine dipeptidyl transpeptidase (EC 2.3.2.15) and, more… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Molecular Characterization of the Homo-phytochelatin Synthase of Soybean Glycine max
The phytochelatin homologs homo-phytochelatins are heavy metal-binding peptides present in many legumes. To study the… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Tolerance to toxic metals by a gene family of phytochelatin synthases from plants and yeast
Phytochelatins play major roles in metal detoxification in plants and fungi. However, genes encoding phytochelatin synthases have… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Glutathione Depletion Due to Copper-Induced Phytochelatin Synthesis Causes Oxidative Stress in Silene cucubalus.
The relation between loss of glutathione due to metal-induced phytochelatin synthesis and oxidative stress was studied in the… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Effect of glutathione on phytochelatin synthesis in tomato cells.
Growth of cell suspension cultures of tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. cv VFNT-Cherry, in the presence of cadmium is… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Phytochelatin synthesis and glutathione levels in response to heavy metals in tomato cells.
Cell suspension cultures of tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. cv VFNT-Cherry, produce phytochelatins (poly[gamma… 
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