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Functions of maize genes encoding pyruvate phosphate dikinase in developing endosperm.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 2 Jan 2018
Lappe Ryan R, Baier John W, Boehlein Susan K, Huffman Ryan, Lin Qiaohui, Wattebled Fabrice, Settles A Mark, Hannah L Curtis, Borisjuk Ljudmilla, Rolletschek Hardy, Stewart Jon D, Scott M Paul, Hennen-Bierwagen Tracie A, Myers Alan M
Abstract excerpt
Maize opaque2 (o2) mutations are beneficial for endosperm nutritional quality but cause negative pleiotropic effects for reasons that are not fully understood. Direct targets of the bZIP transcriptional regulator encoded by o2 include pdk1 and pdk2 that specify pyruvate phosphate dikinase (PPDK). This enzyme reversibly converts AMP, pyrophosphate, and phosphoenolpyruvate to ATP, orthophosphate, and pyruvate and...
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