Article
Arabidopsis serine decarboxylase mutants implicate the roles of ethanolamine in plant growth and development.
International journal of molecular sciences - 1 Jan 2012
Kwon Yerim, Yu Si-In, Lee Hyoungseok, Yim Joung Han, Zhu Jian-Kang, Lee Byeong-Ha
Abstract excerpt
Ethanolamine is important for synthesis of choline, phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) and phosphatidylcholine (PC) in plants. The latter two phospholipids are the major phospholipids in eukaryotic membranes. In plants, ethanolamine is mainly synthesized directly from serine by serine decarboxylase. Serine decarboxylase is unique to plants and was previously shown to have highly specific activity to l-serine. While...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
