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The plant-like C2 glycolate cycle and the bacterial-like glycerate pathway cooperate in phosphoglycolate metabolism in cyanobacteria.
Plant physiology - 1 Sept 2006
Eisenhut Marion, Kahlon Shira, Hasse Dirk, Ewald Ralph, Lieman-Hurwitz Judy, Ogawa Teruo, Ruth Wolfgang, Bauwe Hermann, Kaplan Aaron, Hagemann Martin
Abstract excerpt
The occurrence of a photorespiratory 2-phosphoglycolate metabolism in cyanobacteria is not clear. In the genome of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803, we have identified open reading frames encoding enzymes homologous to those forming the plant-like C2 cycle and the bacterial-type glycerate pathway. To study the route and importance of 2-phosphoglycolate metabolism, the identified genes were...
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