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Lysine metabolism is concurrently regulated by synthesis and catabolism in both reproductive and vegetative tissues.
Plant physiology - 1 May 2004
Zhu Xiaohong, Galili Gad
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The functional role of Lys catabolism in balancing Lys levels in plants has only been directly demonstrated in developing seeds. Seed-specific expression of a bacterial feedback-insensitive dihydrodipicolinate synthase (DHPS) in an Arabidopsis knockout mutant of the AtLKR/SDH gene that regulates Lys catabolism synergistically boosted Lys accumulation in mature seeds, but it also severely reduced the growth of...
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