Functional characterization of genes/proteins differentially expressed in phototrophic and heterotrophic tissues in Arabidopsis thaliana mutants lacking chloroplastic and cytosolic fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase genes

ABSTRACT: Photosynthesis is arguably the most important biological process on earth. In plants, energy harvested in photosynthesis is converted into sugar and starch, which are important products from species with agronomic interest. During the photosynthesis in the chloroplast, the intermediate carbon metabolites (triose phosphates) produced by the Calvin cycle can either be exported to the cytosol for sucrose synthesis or stay in the chloroplast for starch synthesis (formation). Two fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase) enzymes, the chloroplastidial (cpFBPaseI) and the cytosolic (cyFBPase) isoforms, catalyse the first irreversible step during the conversion of triose phosphate to starch or sucrose, respectively. Recently, another cpFBPase isoform (cpFBPaseII) with unknown function was identified.

ORGANISM(S): Arabidopsis thaliana

SUBMITTER: Mariam BarragM-CM-!n 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-32522 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress