The remarkable diversity of plant PEPC (phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase): recent insights into the physiological functions and post-translational controls of non …

B O'Leary, J Park, WC Plaxton - Biochemical Journal, 2011 - portlandpress.com
PEPC [PEP (phosphoenolpyruvate) carboxylase] is a tightly controlled enzyme located at
the core of plant C-metabolism that catalyses the irreversible β-carboxylation of PEP to form …

Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase in Arabidopsis Leaves Plays a Crucial Role in Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolism

J Shi, K Yi, Y Liu, L Xie, Z Zhou, Y Chen, Z Hu… - Plant …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Phospho enol pyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) is a crucial enzyme that catalyzes an
irreversible primary metabolic reaction in plants. Previous studies have used transgenic …

Rapid structural changes and acidification of guard cell vacuoles during stomatal closure require phosphatidylinositol 3, 5-bisphosphate

G Bak, EJ Lee, Y Lee, M Kato, S Segami, H Sze… - The Plant …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Rapid stomatal closure is essential for water conservation in plants and is thus critical for
survival under water deficiency. To close stomata rapidly, guard cells reduce their volume by …

Cleome, a genus closely related to Arabidopsis, contains species spanning a developmental progression from C3 to C4 photosynthesis

DM Marshall, R Muhaidat, NJ Brown, Z Liu… - The Plant …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
C4 photosynthesis involves alterations to leaf development, cell biology and biochemistry.
Different lineages of C4 plants use varying mechanisms to generate the C4 pathway …

In vivo regulatory phosphorylation of the phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase AtPPC1 in phosphate-starved Arabidopsis thaliana

AL Gregory, BA Hurley, HT Tran… - Biochemical …, 2009 - portlandpress.com
PEPC [PEP (phosphoenolpyruvate) carboxylase] is a tightly controlled cytosolic enzyme
situated at a major branchpoint in plant metabolism. Accumulating evidence indicates …

Bacterial‐ and plant‐type phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase polypeptides interact in the hetero‐oligomeric Class‐2 PEPC complex of developing castor oil seeds

S Gennidakis, S Rao, K Greenham, RG Uhrig… - The Plant …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Two classes of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) sharing the same 107‐kDa
catalytic subunit (p107) were previously purified from developing castor oil seed (COS) …

CAM photosynthesis in bromeliads and agaves: what can we learn from these plants

A Matiz, PT Mioto, AY Mayorga, L Freschi… - …, 2013 - books.google.com
The term Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM) was introduced in the 1940s as a result of
observations in Bryophyllum calycinum, a crassulacean plant, which showed prominent diel …

Bacterial-type phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) functions as a catalytic and regulatory subunit of the novel class-2 PEPC complex of vascular plants

B O'Leary, SK Rao, J Kim, WC Plaxton - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2009 - ASBMB
Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) is a tightly regulated anaplerotic enzyme
situated at a major branch point of the plant C metabolism. Two distinct oligomeric classes of …

Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) and PEPC-kinase (PEPC-k) isoenzymes in Arabidopsis thaliana: role in control and abiotic stress conditions

AB Feria, N Bosch, A Sánchez, AI Nieto-Ingelmo… - Planta, 2016 - Springer
Main conclusion Arabidopsis ppc3 mutant has a growth-arrest phenotype and is affected in
phosphate-and salt-stress responses, showing that this protein is crucial under control or …

Night and day–circadian regulation of night-time dark respiration and light-enhanced dark respiration in plant leaves and canopies

A Gessler, J Roy, Z Kayler, JP Ferrio, JG Alday… - Environmental and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The potential of the vegetation to sequester C is determined by the balance between
assimilation and respiration. Respiration is under environmental and substrate-driven …