Claim · model-written summary
The authors suggest C3 isoform use may have facilitated repeated evolution of CAM in Clusia.
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Verbatim
e0“The use of the C3 isoform could have facilitated the evolution of CAM within the genus, which occurred independently for several times.”
t0“Clusia”
Title
ANJA VAASEN; DOMINIK BEGEROW; RÜDIGER HAMPP Plant Cell & Environment 2006. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3040.2006.01583.x
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Observation Clusia hilariana had three PEPC isoforms.
- Observation Clusia multiflora had one PEPC isoform.
- Observation Clusia minor had one PEPC isoform.
- Observation PEPC of the intermediate species had high homology with the C3 protein and one CAM protein.
- Observation Two isoforms of C. hilariana were CAM-specific or homologous to root PEPC.
- Observation Phylogenetic analysis separated Clusia species into groups with housekeeping PEPC only or additional CAM isoforms.
- Observation Only C. hilariana had a third, probably root-specific isoform.
- Mechanism The authors infer that C3-type PEPC suffices for reversible C3-to-CAM transition.
- Association Expression of the C3 PEPC isoform increased strongly under CAM-inducing conditions.