Article
Genetic manipulation of glycine decarboxylation.
Journal of experimental botany - 1 Jun 2003
Bauwe Hermann, Kolukisaoglu Uner
Abstract excerpt
The glycine-serine interconversion, catalysed by glycine decarboxylase and serine hydroxymethyltransferase, is an important reaction of primary metabolism in all organisms including plants, by providing one-carbon units for many biosynthetic reactions. In plants, in addition, it is an integral part of the photorespiratory metabolic pathway and produces large amounts of photorespiratory CO(2) within mitochondria....
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