title: Reaction mechanisms of the bacterial enzyme 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase.
abstract: The enzyme 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) deaminase promotes plant growth by sequestering and cleaving plant-produced ACC thereby lowering the level of ethylene in the plant. Decreased ethylene levels allow the plant to be more resistant to a wide variety of environmental stresses. Here the biochemical reaction mechanisms involved in ACC deaminase activity are critically reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, 650 Charles E. Young Drive South, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.
authors.forename: Nikos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hontzeas
authors.forename: Catherine E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Hontzeas
authors.forename: Bernard R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Glick
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D019755:Carbon-Carbon Lyases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D005030:Ethylenes / Q000378:metabolism; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005544:Forecasting; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D006867:Hydrolases; D008970:Molecular Weight; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D005030:Ethylenes; D006867:Hydrolases; C033634:1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase; D019755:Carbon-Carbon Lyases