Chapter title |
Studying the Function of the Phosphorylated Pathway of Serine Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana
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Chapter number | 16 |
Book title |
Photorespiration
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Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, January 2017
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-7225-8_16 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-7224-1, 978-1-4939-7225-8
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Authors |
Stephan Krueger, Ruben M. Benstein, Sabine Wulfert, Armand D. Anoman, María Flores-Tornero, Roc Ros |
Abstract |
Photorespiration is an essential pathway in photosynthetic organisms and is particularly important to detoxify and recycle 2-phosphoglycolate (2-PG), a by-product of oxygenic photosynthesis. The enzymes that catalyze the reactions in the photorespiratory core cycle and closely associated pathways have been identified; however, open questions remain concerning the metabolic network in which photorespiration is embedded. The amino acid serine represents one of the major intermediates in the photorespiratory pathway and photorespiration is thought to be the major source of serine in plants. The restriction of photorespiration to autotrophic cells raises questions concerning the source of serine in heterotrophic tissues. Recently, the phosphorylated pathway of serine biosynthesis has been found to be extremely important for plant development and metabolism. In this protocol, we describe a detailed methodological workflow to analyze the generative and vegetative phenotypes of plants deficient in the phosphorylated pathway of serine biosynthesis, which together allow a better understanding of its function in plants. |
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