Draft genome sequence of the oilseed species Ricinus communis.
Production of bioactive diterpenoids in the euphorbiaceae depends on evolutionarily conserved gene clusters.
Functional and evolutionary analysis of the CASPARIAN STRIP MEMBRANE DOMAIN PROTEIN family.
Endoplasmic Reticulum-Located PDAT1-2 from Castor Bean Enhances Hydroxy Fatty Acid Accumulation in Transgenic Plants.
A unique vacuolar processing enzyme responsible for conversion of several proprotein precursors into the mature forms.
Molecular characterization of a vacuolar processing enzyme related to a putative cysteine proteinase of Schistosoma mansoni.
A metal-binding member of the late embryogenesis abundant protein family transports iron in the phloem of Ricinus communis L.
Functional characterization of four sesquiterpene synthases from Ricinus communis (castor bean).
Cloning of glycerophosphocholine acyltransferase (GPCAT) from fungi and plants: a novel enzyme in phosphatidylcholine synthesis.
Amino acid sequence of small and large subunits of seed storage protein from Ricinus communis.
Nucleotide sequence of a Ricinus communis 2S albumin precursor gene.
Purification and sequencing of napin-like protein small and large chains from Momordica charantia and Ricinus communis seeds and determination of sites phosphorylated by plant Ca(2+)-dependent protein kinase.
Ric c 1 and Ric c 3, the allergenic 2S albumin storage proteins of Ricinus communis: complete primary structures and phylogenetic relationships.
Solution structure of RicC3, a 2S albumin storage protein from Ricinus communis.
Structural relationship between barley (Hordeum vulgare) trypsin inhibitor and castor-bean (Ricinus communis) storage protein.
The Ricinus communis 2S albumin precursor: a single preproprotein may be processed into two different heterodimeric storage proteins.
Molecular characterisation of plant endoplasmic reticulum. Identification of protein disulfide-isomerase as the major reticuloplasmin.
Cloning and characterization of the acid lipase from castor beans.
Castor bean organelle genome sequencing and worldwide genetic diversity analysis.
Bacterial- and plant-type phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase polypeptides interact in the hetero-oligomeric Class-2 PEPC complex of developing castor oil seeds.
Ectopic overexpression of castor bean LEAFY COTYLEDON2 (LEC2) in Arabidopsis triggers the expression of genes that encode regulators of seed maturation and oil body proteins in vegetative tissues.
Nucleotide sequence analysis of a cDNA clone encoding malate synthase of castor bean (Ricinus communis) reveals homology to DAL7, a gene involved in allantoin degradation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Ricinus communis contains an acyl-CoA synthetase that preferentially activates ricinoleate to its CoA thioester.
A cysteine endopeptidase with a C-terminal KDEL motif isolated from castor bean endosperm is a marker enzyme for the ricinosome, a putative lytic compartment.
The 2.0 A crystal structure and substrate specificity of the KDEL-tailed cysteine endopeptidase functioning in programmed cell death of Ricinus communis endosperm.
The ricinosomes of senescing plant tissue bud from the endoplasmic reticulum.
Accumulation of ricinoleic, lesquerolic, and densipolic acids in seeds of transgenic Arabidopsis plants that express a fatty acyl hydroxylase cDNA from castor bean.
An oleate 12-hydroxylase from Ricinus communis L. is a fatty acyl desaturase homolog.
Characterization of oleoyl-12-hydroxylase in castor microsomes using the putative substrate, 1-acyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine.
Evidence for cytochrome b5 as an electron donor in ricinoleic acid biosynthesis in microsomal preparations from developing castor bean (Ricinus communis L.).
Molecular and biochemical characterization of the OLE-1 high-oleic castor seed (Ricinus communis L.) mutant.
The phosphatidylcholine diacylglycerol cholinephosphotransferase is required for efficient hydroxy fatty acid accumulation in transgenic Arabidopsis.
Cloning of the cDNA for glutaredoxin, an abundant sieve-tube exudate protein from Ricinus communis L. and characterisation of the glutathione-dependent thiol-reduction system in sieve tubes.
Acyl-ACP thioesterases from castor (Ricinus communis L.): an enzymatic system appropriate for high rates of oil synthesis and accumulation.
Cloning and characterization of the calreticulin gene from Ricinus communis L.
Characterization of NADP-dependent malic enzyme from developing castor oil seed endosperm.
A PII-like protein in Arabidopsis: putative role in nitrogen sensing.
Cloning of casbene synthase cDNA: evidence for conserved structural features among terpenoid cyclases in plants.
High level expression of Ricinus communis casbene synthase in Escherichia coli and characterization of the recombinant enzyme.
Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Bioactivity of the Stable Peptide RCB-1 from Ricinus communis.
Analysis of several key active site residues of ricin A chain by mutagenesis and X-ray crystallography.
Genetic engineering of an immunotoxin to eliminate pulmonary vascular leak in mice.
Genomic cloning and characterization of a ricin gene from Ricinus communis.
Nucleotide sequence of cloned cDNA coding for preproricin.
Structural analyses of sugar chains from ricin A-chain variant.
Structure and activity of an active site substitution of ricin A chain.
Structure of ricin B-chain at 2.5-A resolution.
Structure-based identification of a ricin inhibitor.
The lectin gene family of Ricinus communis: cloning of a functional ricin gene and three lectin pseudogenes.
The three-dimensional structure of ricin at 2.8 A.
X-ray structure of recombinant ricin A-chain at 1.8-A resolution.
A single mutation in the castor Delta9-18:0-desaturase changes reaction partitioning from desaturation to oxidase chemistry.
Azide and acetate complexes plus two iron-depleted crystal structures of the di-iron enzyme delta9 stearoyl-acyl carrier protein desaturase. Implications for oxygen activation and catalytic intermediates.
Crystal structure of delta9 stearoyl-acyl carrier protein desaturase from castor seed and its relationship to other di-iron proteins.
Nucleotide sequence of a complementary DNA clone encoding stearoyl-acyl carrier protein desaturase from castor bean, Ricinus communis.
Remote control of regioselectivity in acyl-acyl carrier protein-desaturases.
Stearoyl-acyl-carrier-protein desaturase from higher plants is structurally unrelated to the animal and fungal homologs.
Cloning and expression of phosphatidylcholine-hydrolyzing phospholipase D from Ricinus communis L.
Structure and analysis of phospholipase D gene from Ricinus communis L.
Isolation of a full-length cDNA encoding cytosolic enolase from Ricinus communis.
Plasmid omega-3 fatty acid desaturase cDNA from Ricinus communis.
Cloning and characterization of a lupeol synthase involved in the synthesis of epicuticular wax crystals on stem and hypocotyl surfaces of Ricinus communis.