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The role of the plastidial pyruvate transporter in control of carbon flux to storage oil in oilseed

Reference	BBS/E/J/00003721
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Dr Stephen Rawsthorne
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	John Innes Centre
Department	John Innes Centre Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	13,802
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/04/1998
End date	31/03/2001
Duration	36 months

Abstract

The aim of this work was to isolate the cDNA from oilseed rape that encodes the pyruvate transporter of the plastid envelope and to then increase or decrease the expression of the protein in seeds of transgenic plants. Biochemical and genomics approaches to identifying the transporter were unsuccessful and experiments to describe the expression and potential role of the newly-described phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) transporter of the plastid (PPT) were carried out. The PPT is expressed in developing oilseed rape embryos and PEP is utilised for fatty acid synthesis.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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