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The Arabidopsis TUMOR PRONE5 gene encodes an acetylornithine aminotransferase required for arginine biosynthesis and root meristem maintenance in blue light.
Plant physiology - 1 Mar 2013
Frémont Nathalie, Riefler Michael, Stolz Andrea, Schmülling Thomas
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Arginine is an essential amino acid necessary for protein synthesis and is also a nitrogen storage compound. The genes encoding the enzymes of arginine biosynthesis in plants are not well characterized and have mainly been predicted from homologies to bacterial and fungal genes. We report the cloning and characterization of the TUMOR PRONE5 (TUP5) gene of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) encoding an...
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