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Overexpression of HEMA1 encoding glutamyl-tRNA reductase.
Journal of plant physiology - 15 Aug 2011
Schmied Judith, Hedtke Boris, Grimm Bernhard
Abstract excerpt
5-Aminolevulinic acid (ALA) synthesis has been shown to be the rate limiting step of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis. Glutamyl-tRNA reductase (GluTR) is the first committed enzyme of plant ALA synthesis and is controlled by interacting regulators, such as heme and the FLU protein. Induced inactivation of the HEMA1 gene encoding GluTR by RNAi expression in tobacco resulted in a reduced activity of Mg chelatase and Fe...
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