Gene Review:
PMEU1 - pectin methylesterase
Solanum lycopersicum
- Characterization and functional expression of a ubiquitously expressed tomato pectin methylesterase. Gaffe, J., Tiznado, M.E., Handa, A.K. Plant Physiol. (1997)
- Differential regulation of polygalacturonase and pectin methylesterase gene expression during and after heat stress in ripening tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) fruits. Kagan-Zur, V., Tieman, D.M., Marlow, S.J., Handa, A.K. Plant Mol. Biol. (1995)
- Tomato pectin methylesterase: modeling, fluorescence, and inhibitor interaction studies-comparison with the bacterial (Erwinia chrysanthemi) enzyme. D'Avino, R., Camardella, L., Christensen, T.M., Giovane, A., Servillo, L. Proteins (2003)
- Pectin methylesterase regulates methanol and ethanol accumulation in ripening tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) fruit. Frenkel, C., Peters, J.S., Tieman, D.M., Tiznado, M.E., Handa, A.K. J. Biol. Chem. (1998)
- Solubilisation of tomato fruit pectins by ascorbate: a possible non-enzymic mechanism of fruit softening. Dumville, J.C., Fry, S.C. Planta (2003)