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The roles of sucrose synthase isoforms in Arabidopsis

Reference	P15891
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Alison Smith
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Dr D Barratt, Professor Cathie Martin
Institution	John Innes Centre
Department	Metabolic Biology
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	209,828
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/10/2001
End date	30/09/2004
Duration	36 months

Abstract

The aim of the work is to discover the roles of the six isoforms of sucrose synthase in the metabolism of sucrose in Arabidopsis plants. This will provide new insights into the way in which sucrose is directed into cellular metabolism in plants. The major targets of the work are to determine 1) the tissue and subcellular location of the isoforms, and 2) the roles of each of the isoforms, through characterisation and complementation of knockout mutants. Subsidiary targets, the details of which will be dependent on the outcome of the above experiments, are to characterise the kinetic properties of the isoforms, to discover the nature of the protein complexes in which they may be involved, and to establish the importance of phosphorylation in determining their roles. (Joint with grant 43/P15618).

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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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P15618 The roles of sucrose synthase isoforms in Arabidopsis

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