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Mannose inhibits Arabidopsis germination via a hexokinase-mediated step.
Plant physiology - 1 Mar 1999
Pego J V, Weisbeek P J, Smeekens S C
Abstract excerpt
Low concentrations of the glucose (Glc) analog mannose (Man) inhibit germination of Arabidopsis seeds. Man is phosphorylated by hexokinase (HXK), but the absence of germination was not due to ATP or phosphate depletion. The addition of metabolizable sugars reversed the Man-mediated inhibition of germination. Carbohydrate-mediated regulation of gene expression involving a HXK-mediated pathway is known to be...
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