Olena K. Vatamaniuk

AtPCS1, a phytochelatin synthase from Arabidopsis: Isolation and in vitro reconstitution

Vatamaniuk, Olena K., Mari, Stéphane, Lu, Yu-Ping, Rea, Philip A.

Phytochelatins, a class of posttranslationally synthesized peptides, play a pivotal role in heavy metal, primarily Cd2+, tolerance in plants and fungi by chelating these substances and decreasing...

Weeds, Worms, and More. Papain's Long-Lost Cousin, Phytochelatin Synthase12

Rea, Philip A., Vatamaniuk, Olena K., Rigden, Daniel J.

AtPCS1, a phytochelatin synthase from Arabidopsis: Isolation and in vitro reconstitution

Vatamaniuk, Olena K., Mari, Stéphane, Lu, Yu-Ping, Rea, Philip A.

Phytochelatins, a class of posttranslationally synthesized peptides, play a pivotal role in heavy metal, primarily Cd2+, tolerance in plants and fungi by chelating these substances and decreasing...

Weeds, Worms, and More. Papain's Long-Lost Cousin, Phytochelatin Synthase12

Rea, Philip A., Vatamaniuk, Olena K., Rigden, Daniel J.

Mutagenic Definition of a Papain-Like Catalytic Triad, Sufficiency of the N-Terminal Domain for Single-Site Core Catalytic Enzyme Acylation, and C-Terminal Domain for Augmentative Metal Activation of a Eukaryotic Phytochelatin Synthase1

Romanyuk, Nataliya D., Rigden, Daniel J., Vatamaniuk, Olena K., Lang, Albert, Cahoon, Rebecca E., Jez, Joseph M., ...

Phytochelatin (PC) synthases are γ-glutamylcysteine (γ-Glu-Cys) dipeptidyl transpeptidases that catalyze the synthesis of heavy metal-binding PCs, (γ-Glu-Cys)nGly polymers, from glutathione (GSH)...

Establishing RNA Interference as a Reverse-Genetic Approach for Gene Functional Analysis in Protoplasts1[C][OA]

Zhai, Zhiyang, Sooksa-nguan, Thanwalee, Vatamaniuk, Olena K.

Double-stranded (ds)RNA interference (RNAi) is widely used for functional analysis of plant genes and is achieved via generating stable transformants expressing dsRNA in planta. This study...