Loss of the two major leaf isoforms of sucrose-phosphate synthase in Arabidopsis thaliana limits sucrose synthesis and nocturnal starch degradation but does not alter carbon partitioning during photosynthesis

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 5217-5229

  Volkert, Kathrin ^a   Debast, Stefan ^a   Voll, Lars M ^a   Voll, Hildegard ^a   Schießl, Ingrid ^a   Hofmann, Jörg ^a   Schneider, Sabine ^a   Börnke, Frederik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND ORNAMENTAL CROPS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Enzyme family; Starch metabolism; Sucrose biosynthesis; Sucrose phosphate synthase

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

CARBON; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; STARCH; SUCROSE; SUCROSE-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS; CARBON; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STARCH; SUCROSE;

EID: 84922684301     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru282     Document Type: Article

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