A mitochondrial GABA permease connects the GABA shunt and the TCA cycle, and is essential for normal carbon metabolism

Plant Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 485-498

  Michaeli, Simon ^a   Fait, Aaron ^b,d   Lagor, Kelly ^c,e   Nunes Nesi, Adriano ^b   Grillich, Nicole ^b   Yellin, Ayelet ^a   Bar, Dana ^a   Khan, Munziba ^c   Fernie, Alisdair R ^b   Turano, Frank J ^c,f   Fromm, Hillel ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^e SECTION OF CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (United States)

^f Maryland Techcenter   (United States)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid; carbon; GABA transporter; metabolism; mitochondria; TCA cycle

Indexed keywords

AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTIFICIAL MEDIA; CARBON AVAILABILITY; CARBON METABOLISM; CYTOSOLS; GABA TRANSPORTER; IMMUNOBLOTING; IN-VIVO; LOW LIGHT; METABOLITE PROFILES; PLANT GROWTH; PRIMARY CARBON; PROTEIN COMPLEMENT; RADIOLABELED SUBSTRATES; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TCA CYCLE; WILD TYPES;

AMINO ACIDS; CARBON DIOXIDE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEINS;

MITOCHONDRIA;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROLINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOSOL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MITOCHONDRION; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PROTOPLAST; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEEDLING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TOBACCO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CYTOSOL; GABA PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC VECTORS; GENOTYPE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MITOCHONDRIA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PROLINE; PROTOPLASTS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEEDLING; TOBACCO;

ARABIDOPSIS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 79960894781     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04612.x     Document Type: Article

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