Publication Date:
2015-04-12
Description:
Article During seed germination plants use gluconeogenesis to mobilize noncarbohydrate energy reserves. Here Eastmond et al . show that plants, unlike other eukaryotes, do not solely rely on a gluconeogenic pathway via the enzyme PCK but also use a second pathway relying on PPDK. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms7659 Authors: Peter J. Eastmond, Holly M. Astley, Kate Parsley, Sylvain Aubry, Ben P. Williams, Guillaume N. Menard, Christian P. Craddock, Adriano Nunes-Nesi, Alisdair R. Fernie, Julian M. Hibberd
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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