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 …

[HTML][HTML] Lithium: An Element with Potential for Biostimulation and Biofortification Approaches in Plants

ML Buendía-Valverde, FC Gómez-Merino… - Horticulturae, 2024 - mdpi.com
Lithium (Li) is the lightest metal in existence. Its effects on higher plants are still under
discussion because both positive and toxic results have been reported in different species …

Knock‐down of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase 3 negatively impacts growth, productivity, and responses to salt stress in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.)

C De la Osa, J Pérez‐López, AB Feria… - The Plant …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) is a carboxylating enzyme with important roles in
plant metabolism. Most studies in C4 plants have focused on photosynthetic PEPC, but less …

Developmental and molecular physiological evidence for the role of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase in rapid cotton fibre elongation

XR Li, L Wang, YL Ruan - Journal of experimental botany, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Cotton fibres are hair-like single-cells that elongate to several centimetres long after their
initiation from the ovule epidermis at anthesis. The accumulation of malate, along with K+ …

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 …

Factors involved in the rise of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase-kinase activity caused by salinity in sorghum leaves

JA Monreal, C Arias-Baldrich, F Pérez-Montaño… - Planta, 2013 - Springer
Salinity increases phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase kinase (PEPCase-k) activity in
sorghum leaves. This work has been focused on the mechanisms responsible for this …

Nitric oxide regulation of leaf phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase-kinase activity: implication in sorghum responses to salinity

JA Monreal, C Arias-Baldrich, V Tossi, AB Feria… - Planta, 2013 - Springer
Nitric oxide (NO) is a signaling molecule that mediates many plant responses to biotic and
abiotic stresses, including salt stress. Interestingly, salinity increases NO production …

Effects of 1-butanol, neomycin and calcium on the photosynthetic characteristics of pepc transgenic rice

L Xia, W Chao, R Chenggang - African Journal of Biotechnology, 2011 - ajol.info
The effects of 1-butanol, neomycin and calcium on the photosynthesis of pepc transgenic
rice were studied with over-expressed pepc transgenic rice (PC) of the 8th generation as …

Involvement of phospholipase D and phosphatidic acid in the light-dependent up-regulation of sorghum leaf phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase-kinase

JA Monreal, FJ López-Baena, J Vidal… - Journal of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
The photosynthetic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (C4-PEPC) is regulated by
phosphorylation by a phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase kinase (PEPC-k). In Digitaria …

Anionic phospholipids induce conformational changes in phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase to increase sensitivity to cathepsin proteases

J Gandullo, JA Monreal, R Álvarez, I Díaz… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) is a cytosolic, homotetrameric enzyme that
serves a variety of functions in plants, acting as the primary form of CO2 fixation in the C4 …