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PLGG1, a plastidic glycolate glycerate transporter, is required for photorespiration and defines a unique class of metabolite transporters.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 19 Feb 2013
Pick Thea R, Bräutigam Andrea, Schulz Matthias A, Obata Toshihiro, Fernie Alisdair R, Weber Andreas P M
Abstract excerpt
Photorespiratory carbon flux reaches up to a third of photosynthetic flux, thus contributes massively to the global carbon cycle. The pathway recycles glycolate-2-phosphate, the most abundant byproduct of RubisCO reactions. This oxygenation reaction of RubisCO and subsequent photorespiration significantly limit the biomass gains of many crop plants. Although photorespiration is a compartmentalized process with...
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