Modulation of plant HMG-CoA reductase by protein phosphatase 2A, positive and negative control at a key node of metabolism

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1127-1131

  Antolín Llovera, Meritxell ^a,b   Leivar, Pablo ^a,c   Arró, Montserrat ^a   Ferrer, Albert ^a   Boronat, Albert ^a   Campos, Narciso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

HMG CoA reductase; HMGR; Isoprenoid biosynthesis; Mevalonate pathway; PP2A; Protein phosphatase 2A; Salt stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961182235     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.6.8.16363     Document Type: Review

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