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Loss-of-function mutations and inducible RNAi suppression of Arabidopsis LCB2 genes reveal the critical role of sphingolipids in gametophytic and sporophytic cell viability.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Apr 2008
Dietrich Charles R, Han Gongshe, Chen Ming, Berg R Howard, Dunn Teresa M, Cahoon Edgar B
Abstract excerpt
Serine palmitoyltransferase (SPT) catalyzes the first step in sphingolipid biosynthesis, and downregulation of this enzyme provides a means for exploring sphingolipid function in cells. We have previously demonstrated that Arabidopsis SPT requires LCB1 and LCB2 subunits for activity, as is the case in other eukaryotes. In this study, we show that Arabidopsis has two genes (AtLCB2a and AtLCB2b) that encode...
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