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Rajeev Verma
Researcher at University of Connecticut
Publications - 29
Citations - 1335
Rajeev Verma is an academic researcher from University of Connecticut. The author has contributed to research in topics: Arabidopsis & Gene. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 15 publications receiving 1230 citations.
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The MUR3 Gene of Arabidopsis Encodes a Xyloglucan Galactosyltransferase That Is Evolutionarily Related to Animal Exostosins
Michael Madson,Christophe Dunand,Xuemei Li,Rajeev Verma,Gary Vanzin,Jeffrey L. Caplan,Douglas A. Shoue,Nicholas C. Carpita,Wolf-Dieter Reiter +8 more
TL;DR: This finding suggests that components of the plant cell wall and of the animal extracellular matrix are synthesized by evolutionarily related enzymes even though the structures of the corresponding polysaccharides are entirely different from each other.
The MUR3 Gene of Arabidopsis Encodes a Xyloglucan Galactosyltransferase That Is Evolutionarily Related to
Michael Madson,Christophe Dunand,Xuemei Li,Rajeev Verma,Gary Vanzin,Jeffrey L. Caplan,Douglas A. Shoue,Nicholas C. Carpita +7 more
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The Biosynthesis of l-Arabinose in Plants: Molecular Cloning and Characterization of a Golgi-Localized UDP-d-Xylose 4-Epimerase Encoded by the MUR4 Gene of Arabidopsis
TL;DR: Enzyme assays of MUR4 protein expressed in the methylotropic yeast Pichia pastoris indicate that it catalyzes the 4-epimerization of UDP-D-Xyl to UDP-L-Ara, the nucleotide sugar used by glycosyltransferases in the arabinosylation of cell wall polysaccharides and wall-resident proteoglycans.
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Depletion of UDP-D-apiose/UDP-D-xylose synthases results in rhamnogalacturonan-II deficiency, cell wall thickening, and cell death in higher plants
Joon Woo Ahn,Rajeev Verma,Moonil Kim,Jae Yong Lee,Yu Kyung Kim,Jae Wook Bang,Wolf-Dieter Reiter,Hyun Sook Pai +7 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that VIGS of NbAXS1 caused a severe deficiency in the major side chains of RG-II and that the growth defect and cell death was likely caused by structural alterations inRG-II due to a d-apiose deficiency.
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The biosynthesis of the branched-chain sugar d-apiose in plants: functional cloning and characterization of a UDP-d-apiose/UDP-d-xylose synthase from Arabidopsis
TL;DR: The cloning of the AXS1 gene will help to investigate the biosynthesis of RG-II, and permit insights into the mechanism by which d-apiose and other branched monosaccharides are formed.