R A Azevedo

Summary

Country: Brazil

Publications

  1. ncbi Lysine metabolism in higher plants
    R A Azevedo
    Departamento de Genetica, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil
    Amino Acids 20:261-79. 2001
  2. ncbi Analysis of the aspartic acid metabolic pathway using mutant genes
    R A Azevedo
    Departamento de Genetica, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil
    Amino Acids 22:217-30. 2002
  3. ncbi High-lysine maize: the key discoveries that have made it possible
    R A Azevedo
    Departamento de Genetica, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil
    Amino Acids 39:979-89. 2010
  4. ncbi Quality protein maize: a biochemical study of enzymes involved in lysine metabolism
    S A Gaziola
    Departamento de Genetica, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, S P, CEP 13400 970, Brazil
    J Agric Food Chem 47:1268-75. 1999
  5. ncbi The enzymology of lysine catabolism in rice seeds--isolation, characterization, and regulatory properties of a lysine 2-oxoglutarate reductase/saccharopine dehydrogenase bifunctional polypeptide
    S A Gaziola
    Departamento de Genetica, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, Brasil
    Eur J Biochem 247:364-71. 1997
  6. ncbi The aspartic acid metabolic pathway, an exciting and essential pathway in plants
    R A Azevedo
    Departamento de Genetica, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil
    Amino Acids 30:143-62. 2006
  7. ncbi Nickel elicits a fast antioxidant response in Coffea arabica cells
    R A Gomes-Junior
    , Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, , Piracicaba 13418-900, SP, Brazil
    Plant Physiol Biochem 44:420-9. 2006
  8. ncbi Are high-lysine cereal crops still a challenge?
    R R Ferreira
    Departamento de Genetica e Evolucao, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brasil
    Braz J Med Biol Res 38:985-94. 2005
  9. ncbi Isolation of the bifunctional enzyme lysine 2-oxoglutarate reductase-saccharopine dehydrogenase from Phaseolus vulgaris
    S T Cunha Lima
    Departamento de Fisiologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brasil
    Amino Acids 24:179-86. 2003

Collaborators

  • P Arruda
  • C Damerval
  • S A Gaziola
  • P J Lea
  • R A Gomes-Junior
  • R R Ferreira
  • S T Cunha Lima
  • P Mazzafera
  • C A Moldes
  • F S Delite
  • L W Meinhardt
  • V A Varisi
  • L G Santoro
  • E S Alessi
  • P E Guimaraes
  • J Lugli
  • L Sodek
  • C M Teixeira

Detail Information

Publications9

  1. ncbi Lysine metabolism in higher plants
    R A Azevedo
    Departamento de Genetica, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil
    Amino Acids 20:261-79. 2001
    ....
  2. ncbi Analysis of the aspartic acid metabolic pathway using mutant genes
    R A Azevedo
    Departamento de Genetica, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil
    Amino Acids 22:217-30. 2002
    ..We also discuss and propose a new study of high-lysine mutants...
  3. ncbi High-lysine maize: the key discoveries that have made it possible
    R A Azevedo
    Departamento de Genetica, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil
    Amino Acids 39:979-89. 2010
    ..However, studies on other plant species such as barley and model species such as tobacco are totally relevant and will be briefly addressed...
  4. ncbi Quality protein maize: a biochemical study of enzymes involved in lysine metabolism
    S A Gaziola
    Departamento de Genetica, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, S P, CEP 13400 970, Brazil
    J Agric Food Chem 47:1268-75. 1999
    ..These alterations lead to an increase in soluble lysine in the endosperm of the QPM varieties when compared to the opaque-2 and wild type...
  5. ncbi The enzymology of lysine catabolism in rice seeds--isolation, characterization, and regulatory properties of a lysine 2-oxoglutarate reductase/saccharopine dehydrogenase bifunctional polypeptide
    S A Gaziola
    Departamento de Genetica, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, Brasil
    Eur J Biochem 247:364-71. 1997
    ....
  6. ncbi The aspartic acid metabolic pathway, an exciting and essential pathway in plants
    R A Azevedo
    Departamento de Genetica, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil
    Amino Acids 30:143-62. 2006
    ..We have reviewed the recent literature and discussed in this paper possible methods by which the concentrations of the limiting amino acids may be increased in the seeds...
  7. ncbi Nickel elicits a fast antioxidant response in Coffea arabica cells
    R A Gomes-Junior
    , Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, , Piracicaba 13418-900, SP, Brazil
    Plant Physiol Biochem 44:420-9. 2006
    ....
  8. ncbi Are high-lysine cereal crops still a challenge?
    R R Ferreira
    Departamento de Genetica e Evolucao, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brasil
    Braz J Med Biol Res 38:985-94. 2005
    ..However, apart from the quality protein maize lines currently commercially available, the release of high-lysine crops has not yet occurred. We are left with the question, is the production of high-lysine crops still a challenge?..
  9. ncbi Isolation of the bifunctional enzyme lysine 2-oxoglutarate reductase-saccharopine dehydrogenase from Phaseolus vulgaris
    S T Cunha Lima
    Departamento de Fisiologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brasil
    Amino Acids 24:179-86. 2003
    ..Depending on the purification procedure, the protein eluted as a monomer of 91-94 kDa containing only SDH activity, or as a dimer of 190 kDa with both, LOR and SDH activities, eluting together...