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Small kernel2 Encodes a Glutaminase in Vitamin B6 Biosynthesis Essential for Maize Seed Development.
Plant physiology - 1 Jun 2017
Yang Yan-Zhuo, Ding Shuo, Wang Yong, Li Cui-Ling, Shen Yun, Meeley Robert, McCarty Donald R, Tan Bao-Cai
Abstract excerpt
Vitamin B6, an essential cofactor for a range of biochemical reactions and a potent antioxidant, plays important roles in plant growth, development, and stress tolerance. Vitamin B6 deficiency causes embryo lethality in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), but the specific role of vitamin B6 biosynthesis in endosperm development has not been fully addressed, especially in monocot crops, where endosperm constitutes...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Arabidopsis
- Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
- Cloning, Molecular
- Cytosol
- Endosperm
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Genetic Complementation Test
- Glutaminase
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Plants, Genetically Modified