Article
Arabidopsis SAMT1 defines a plastid transporter regulating plastid biogenesis and plant development.
The Plant cell - 1 Nov 2006
Bouvier Florence, Linka Nicole, Isner Jean-Charles, Mutterer Jérôme, Weber Andreas P M, Camara Bilal
Abstract excerpt
S-Adenosylmethionine (SAM) is formed exclusively in the cytosol but plays a major role in plastids; SAM can either act as a methyl donor for the biogenesis of small molecules such as prenyllipids and macromolecules or as a regulator of the synthesis of aspartate-derived amino acids. Because the biosynthesis of SAM is restricted to the cytosol, plastids require a SAM importer. However, this transporter has not yet...
Topics
- Anion Transport Proteins
- Arabidopsis
- Arabidopsis Proteins
- DNA, Bacterial
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Gene Silencing
- Lipids
- Membrane Transport Proteins
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Pigments, Biological
- Plant Viruses