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Malate regulation of PEP carboxylase kinase expression

Reference	P13325
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Hugh Nimmo
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Gareth Islwyn Jenkins
Institution	University of Glasgow
Department	IBLS Division of Biochemistry & Molecula
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	247,292
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/08/2000
End date	01/03/2005
Duration	55 months

Abstract

We propose that the circadian control of PEP carboxylase kinase in CAM plants is a secondary response to changes in metabolite concentrations, most likely the cytosolic malate level. We also suggest that malate may regulate the expression of the kinase in other plants. We will test these hypotheses in Arabidopsis and in the CAM plant Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi by studying transgenic plants containing promoter:reporter fusions, by examining whether kinase expression in response to perturbations is gated by the circadian clock and by manipulating the malate content of plants, seedlings or cultured cells.

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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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