Claim · model-written summary
PEP-CK localizes to the cytosol of bundle sheath cells and Spartina extensions.
SpartinaNot reportedMaterialCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionValueQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“PEP-CK (which catalyses ATP-dependent decarboxylation) is located in the cytosol, and NAD-ME in the mitochondria, in BS cells, and in the BS extensions of Spartina.”
Title
ELENA V. VOZNESENSKAYA; VINCENT R. FRANCESCHI; SIMON D. X. CHUONG; et al. Annals of Botany 2006. doi:10.1093/aob/mcl096
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation Urochloa texana has Kranz anatomy with granal chloroplasts scattered in bundle sheath cells.
- Observation Spartina species have long adaxial bundle sheath extensions and centrifugally positioned chloroplasts.
- Observation The three PEP-CK species have a similar granal index in mesophyll and bundle sheath chloroplasts.
- Observation NAD-ME localizes to mitochondria in bundle sheath cells and Spartina extensions.
- Observation In E. frumentacea, PEP-CK occurs in bundle sheath cytosol.
- Observation In E. frumentacea, NAD-ME is very low.
- Observation Representative PEP-CK species from two subfamilies have similar biochemistry, compartmentation and chloroplast grana structure.