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Rice Sucrose Partitioning Mediated by a Putative Pectin Methyltransferase and Homogalacturonan Methylesterification.
Plant physiology - 1 Jul 2017
Xu Yonghan, Sechet Julien, Wu Yingbao, Fu Yaping, Zhu Longfei, Li Jincai, Zhang Yinping, Gineau Emilie, Gaertner Cyril, Zhou Jian, Fan Xiaorong, Liu Yu, Zhou Li, Mouille Grégory, Lin Xinchun
Abstract excerpt
Homogalacturonan (HG) is the main component of pectins. HG methylesterification has recently emerged as a key determinant controlling cell attachment, organ formation, and phyllotaxy. However, whether and how HG methylesterification affects intercellular metabolite transport has rarely been reported. Here, we identified and characterized knockout mutants of the rice (Oryza sativa) OsQUA2 gene encoding a putative...
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