Highlighting the Need for Systems-Level Experimental Characterization of Plant Metabolic Enzymes.

ABSTRACT: The biology of living organisms is determined by the action and interaction of a large number of individual gene products, each with specific functions. Discovering and annotating the function of gene products is key to our understanding of these organisms. Controlled experiments and bioinformatic predictions both contribute to functional gene annotation. For most species it is difficult to gain an overview of what portion of gene annotations are based on experiments and what portion represent predictions. Here, I survey the current state of experimental knowledge of enzymes and metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana as well as eleven economically important crops and forestry trees - with a particular focus on reactions involving organic acids in central metabolism. I illustrate the limited av

SUBMITTER: Engqvist MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4963410 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature