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Expansive evolution of the trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase gene family in Arabidopsis.
Plant physiology - 1 Oct 2012
Vandesteene Lies, López-Galvis Lorena, Vanneste Kevin, Feil Regina, Maere Steven, Lammens Willem, Rolland Filip, Lunn John E, Avonce Nelson, Beeckman Tom, Van Dijck Patrick
Abstract excerpt
Trehalose is a nonreducing sugar used as a reserve carbohydrate and stress protectant in a variety of organisms. While higher plants typically do not accumulate high levels of trehalose, they encode large families of putative trehalose biosynthesis genes. Trehalose biosynthesis in plants involves a two-step reaction in which trehalose-6-phosphate (T6P) is synthesized from UDP-glucose and glucose-6-phosphate...
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