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A reassessment of the role of sucrose synthase in the hypoxic sucrose-ethanol transition in Arabidopsis.
Plant, cell & environment - 1 Oct 2014
Santaniello Antonietta, Loreti Elena, Gonzali Silvia, Novi Giacomo, Perata Pierdomenico
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Plants under low-oxygen availability adapt their metabolism to compensate for the lower ATP production that arises from the limited respiratory activity in mitochondria. Anaerobic glycolysis requires continuous fuelling of carbon units, also provided from sucrose. The anaerobic catabolism of sucrose is thought to require the activity of sucrose synthase, being this enzymatic reaction more energetically favourable...
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