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Analysis of Arabidopsis with highly reduced levels of malate and fumarate sheds light on the role of these organic acids as storage carbon molecules.
Plant physiology - 1 Mar 2010
Zell Martina B, Fahnenstich Holger, Maier Alexandra, Saigo Mariana, Voznesenskaya Elena V, Edwards Gerald E, Andreo Carlos, Schleifenbaum Frank, Zell Christiane, Drincovich María F, Maurino Verónica G
Abstract excerpt
While malate and fumarate participate in a multiplicity of pathways in plant metabolism, the function of these organic acids as carbon stores in C(3) plants has not been deeply addressed. Here, Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) plants overexpressing a maize (Zea mays) plastidic NADP-malic enzyme (MEm plants) were used to analyze the consequences of sustained low malate and fumarate levels on the physiology of...
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