Plant development: introducing trehalose metabolism.
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.
Ramon
Matthew
M
Department of Molecular Microbiology, VIB, Leuven, Belgium.
Rolland
Filip
F
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*
D013403:Sugar Phosphates; C082722:trehalose-6-phosphate; D014199:Trehalose