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An engineered phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase redirects carbon and nitrogen flow in transgenic potato plants.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Oct 2002
Rademacher Thomas, Häusler Rainer E, Hirsch Heinz-Josef, Zhang Li, Lipka Volker, Weier Dagmar, Kreuzaler Fritz, Peterhänsel Christoph
Abstract excerpt
Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) plays a central role in the anaplerotic provision of carbon skeletons for amino acid biosynthesis in leaves of C3 plants. Furthermore, in both C4 and CAM plants photosynthetic isoforms are pivotal for the fixation of atmospheric CO2. Potato PEPC was mutated either by modifications of the N-terminal phosphorylation site or by an exchange of an internal cDNA segment for the...
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