A mass and charge balanced metabolic model of Setaria viridis revealed mechanisms of proton balancing in C4 plants.

ABSTRACT:

Background

C4 photosynthesis is a key domain of plant research with outcomes ranging from crop quality improvement, biofuel production and efficient use of water and nutrients. A metabolic network model of C4 "lab organism" Setaria viridis with extensive gene-reaction associations can accelerate target identification for desired metabolic manipulations and thereafter in vivo validation. Moreover, metabolic reconstructions have also been shown to be a significant tool to investigate fundamental metabolic traits.

Results

A mass and charge balance genome-scale metabolic model of Setaria viridis was constructed, which was tested to be able to produce all major biomass components in phototrophic and heterotrophic conditions. Our model predicted an important role of the utilizatio

SUBMITTER: Shaw R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6598292 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature