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The control of photosynthesis and photorespiration in photorespiratory mutants

ReferenceP03666
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Professor Richard Leegood
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Professor Peter Lea
Institution University of Sheffield
DepartmentAnimal and Plant Sciences
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 128,849
StatusCompleted
TypeResearch Grant
Start date 01/09/1995
End date 01/09/1998
Duration36 months

Abstract

The aim of this work is to use heterozygous mutants of barley to study the regulation and control of photosynthetic and photorespiratory metabolism in leaves (i) to study the mechanisms which underlie changes in photorespiratory metabolism and photorespiratory CO2 and NH3 release in mutants with less glutamine synthetase (ii) to determine the effect of reduced activities of glycine decarboxylase and hydroxypyruvate reductase on photosynthetic fluxes, to analyse these data by metabolic control analysis and to achieve an understanding of the regulatory mechanisms which underlie changes in these enzymes under varying environmental conditions (light, CO2, and temperature).

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Committee Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
Research TopicsX – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research PriorityX – Research Priority information not available
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Funding SchemeX – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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