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The role of the oxidative pentose phosphate pathway in controlling allocation of carbon and reductant in plants

Reference	RSP07841
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Dr Nicholas Kruger
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Richard Ratcliffe
Institution	University of Oxford
Department	Plant Sciences
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	173,645
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/05/1997
End date	01/05/2000
Duration	36 months

Abstract

The aim of this project is to determine the importance of the oxidative pentose phosphate pathway in plastids and cytosol in providing intermediates to other metabolic pathways. This will be achieved by (i) defining the subcellular localisation of the oxidative and non-oxidative reactions in leaves and roots; (ii) characterisation of transgenic tobacco and maize mutants with decreased activities of the first two enzymes of the pathway; (iii) quantification of the effect of this down-regulation on respiratory flux; (iv) determining the consequences of (iii) on allocation of resource to assimilatory/biosynthetic pathways; (v) characterisation of the impact of abiotic stress on control, mutant and transgenic plants. (Joint with grant RSP07840).

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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	Resource Allocation and Stress in Plants (RSP) [1995]
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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RSP07840 The role of the oxidative pentose phosphate pathway in controlling allocation of carbon and reductant in plants

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