C4 acid decarboxylases required for C4 photosynthesis are active in the mid-vein of the C3 species Arabidopsis thaliana, and are important in sugar and amino acid metabolism

Plant Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 122-133

  Brown, Naomi J ^a   Palmer, Ben G ^b   Stanley, Susan ^a   Hajaji, Hana ^a   Janacek, Sophie H ^a   Astley, Holly M ^a   Parsley, Kate ^a   Kajala, Kaisa ^a   Quick, W Paul ^b   Trenkamp, Sandra ^c   Fernie, Alisdair R ^c   Maurino, Veronica G ^d   Hibberd, Julian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acid metabolism; Arabidopsis; C4 photosynthesis; NAD dependent malic enzyme (NAD ME); NADP dependent malic enzyme (NADP ME); Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK)

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

AMINO ACID; CARBON; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE (OXALOACETATE DECARBOXYLATING) (NAD+); MALATE DEHYDROGENASE (OXALOACETATE DECARBOXYLATING) (NADP+); MALATE DEHYDROGENASE (OXALOACETATE-DECARBOXYLATING) (NADP+); MALATE DEHYDROGENASE-(OXALOACETATE-DECARBOXYLATING) (NAD+); MALIC ACID; MALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; XYLEM;

AMINO ACIDS; ARABIDOPSIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALATES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; XYLEM;

EID: 72749086875     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2009.04040.x     Document Type: Article

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