title: Plant development: introducing trehalose metabolism.
abstract: Trehalose metabolism, a short side-branch of primary carbon metabolism that is controlled by a surprisingly large gene family, is emerging as an important new regulatory pathway in plants. Two recent studies by Namiko Satoh-Nagasawa et al. and Leonardo Gomez et al. have highlighted its novel and possibly pivotal role in coordinating carbon supply with plant growth and development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Microbiology, VIB, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramon
authors.forename: Filip
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rolland
mesh_terms: D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D009154:Mutation; D063245:Plant Development; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D013403:Sugar Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D014199:Trehalose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D013403:Sugar Phosphates; C082722:trehalose-6-phosphate; D014199:Trehalose