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Norspermine substitutes for thermospermine in the control of stem elongation in Arabidopsis thaliana.
FEBS letters - 16 Jul 2010
Kakehi Jun-Ichi, Kuwashiro Yoshitaka, Motose Hiroyasu, Igarashi Kazuei, Takahashi Taku
Abstract excerpt
Thermospermine is a structural isomer of spermine and is required for stem elongation in Arabidopsis thaliana. We noted the C3C3 arrangement of carbon chains in thermospermine (C3C3C4), which is not present in spermine (C3C4C3), and examined if it is functionally replaced with norspermine (C3C3C3) or not. Exogenous application of norspermine to acl5, a mutant defective in the synthesis of thermospermine,...
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