Protein
Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase 4
Organism
Arabidopsis thaliana
Function
This is a key enzyme of plant metabolism catalyzing the first reaction in the biosynthesis from L-phenylalanine of a wide variety of natural products based on the phenylpropane skeleton.
Similarity
Belongs to the PAL/histidase family.
Sequence
MELCNQNNHITAVSGDPLNWNATAEALKGSHLDEVKRMVKEYRKEAVKLGGETLTIGQVAAVARGGGGSTVELAEEARAGVKASSEWVMESMNRGTDSYGVTTGFGATSHRRTKQGGALQNELIRFLNAGIFGPGAGDTSHTLPKPTTRAAMLVRVNTLLQGYSGIRFEILEAITKLLNHEITPCLPLRGTITASGDLVPLSYIAGLLTGRPNSKAVGPSGETLTASEAFKLAGVSSFFELQPKEGLALVNGTAVGSGLASTVLFDANILAVLSEVMSAMFAEVMQGKPEFTDHLTHKLKHHPGQIEAAAIMEHILDGSSYVKEAQLLHEMDPLQKPKQDRYALRTSPQWLGPQIEVIRAATKMIEREINSVNDNPLIDVSRNKALHGGNFQGTPIGVAMDNSRLAIASIGKLMFAQFSELVNDFYNNGLPSNLSGGRNPSLDYGFKGAEIAMASYCSELQFLANPVTNHVQSAEQHNQDVNSLGLISSRKTAEAVDILKLMSTTYLVALCQAVDLRHLEENLKKAVKSAVSQVAKRVLTVGANGELHPSRFTERDVLQVVDREYVFSYADDPCSLTYPLMQKLRHILVDHALADPEREANSATSVFHKIGAFEAELKLLLPKEVERVRVEYEEGTSAIANRIKECRSYPLYRFVRDELNTELLTGENVRSPGEEFDKVFLAISDGKLIDPLLECLKEWNGAPVSIC