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Analysis of the Arabidopsis O-acetylserine(thiol)lyase gene family demonstrates compartment-specific differences in the regulation of cysteine synthesis.
The Plant cell - 1 Jan 2008
Heeg Corinna, Kruse Cordula, Jost Ricarda, Gutensohn Michael, Ruppert Thomas, Wirtz Markus, Hell Rüdiger
Abstract excerpt
Cys synthesis in plants takes place in plastids, cytosol, and mitochondria. Why Cys synthesis is required in all compartments with autonomous protein biosynthesis and whether Cys is exchanged between them has remained enigmatic. This question was addressed using Arabidopsis thaliana T-DNA insertion lines deficient in the final step of Cys biosynthesis catalyzed by the enzyme O-acetylserine(thiol)lyase (OAS-TL)....
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