Acetolactate synthase
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ilvB (bacterial acetolactate synthase)-like
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| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | ILVBL |
| HUGO | 6041 |
| Entrez | 10994 |
| OMIM | 605770 |
| RefSeq | NM_176826 |
| UniProt | Q99651 |
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| Locus | Chr. 19 p13.1 |
The acetolactate synthase (ALS) enzyme (also known as acetohydroxyacid synthase, or AHAS) is the first step in the synthesis of the branched-chain amino acids (valine, leucine, and isoleucine).
These herbicides slowly starve affected plants of these amino acids which eventually leads to inhibition of DNA synthesis.
They affect grasses and dicots alike.
The ALS inhibitor family includes sulfonylureas (SUs), imidazolinones (IMIs), triazolopyrimidines (TPs), pyrimidinyl oxybenzoates (POBs), and sulfonylamino carbonyl triazolinones (SCTs).
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Acetolactate synthase - Acyl CoA dehydrogenase - Apoptosis inducing factor - Butyryl CoA dehydrogenase - Cryptochrome - Cytochrome b5 reductase - Dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase - Flavodoxin - Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase - NADH dehydrogenase - NADPH oxidase - Nitrate reductase - Sarcosine oxidase - Thioredoxin reductase
