Expression of a yeast acetyl CoA hydrolase in the mitochondrion of tobacco plants inhibits growth and restricts photosynthesis

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 645-662

  Bender Machado, Lilia ^a,b   Bäuerlein, Michael ^c   Carrari, Fernando ^a   Schauer, Nicolas ^a   Lytovchenko, Anna ^a   Gibon, Yves ^a   Kelly, Amelie A ^a   Loureiro, Marcello Ehlers ^b   Müller Röber, Bernd ^a   Willmitzer, Lothar ^a   Fernie, Alisdair R ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^c PlantTec Biotechnologie GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetate; Acetyl CoA; Carbon transport; Photosynthesis; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; ENZYMES; METABOLITES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); TOBACCO;

HYDROLASE; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PIGMENTS; TRANSGENICS;

YEAST;

ACETYLATION; ENZYMES; LEAVES; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENT; PLANTS; TOBACCO; YEASTS;

NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

3 PHOSPHOGLYCERIC ACID; 3-PHOSPHOGLYCERATE; ACETYL COENZYME A HYDROLASE; ACETYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE; GLUTAMATE 1 SEMIALDEHYDE 2,1 AMINOMUTASE; GLUTAMATE-1-SEMIALDEHYDE 2,1-AMINOMUTASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCERIC ACID; GLYCINE; MUTASE; PLANT RNA; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; STARCH; SUCROSE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TIME; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ACETATE-COA LIGASE; ACETYL-COA HYDROLASE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCERIC ACIDS; GLYCINE; INTRAMOLECULAR TRANSFERASES; MITOCHONDRIA; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; RNA, PLANT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; STARCH; SUCROSE; TIME FACTORS; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE;

EID: 20844451396     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-004-1557-4     Document Type: Article

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