[HTML][HTML] Ascorbic acid metabolism and functions: A comparison of plants and mammals

N Smirnoff - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Ascorbic acid is synthesised by eukaryotes, the known exceptions being primates and some
other animal groups which have lost functional gulonolactone oxidase. Prokaryotes do not …

Biostimulants for plant growth and mitigation of abiotic stresses: A metabolomics perspective

L Nephali, LA Piater, IA Dubery, V Patterson, J Huyser… - Metabolites, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Adverse environmental conditions due to climate change, combined with declining soil
fertility, threaten food security. Modern agriculture is facing a pressing situation where novel …

The oxidative pentose phosphate pathway in photosynthesis: a tale of two shunts

Y Xu, SC Schmiege, TD Sharkey - New Phytologist, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
CO2 release in the light (RL) and its presumed source, oxidative pentose phosphate
pathways, were found to be insensitive to CO2 concentration. The oxidative pentose …

Daylength variation affects growth, photosynthesis, leaf metabolism, partitioning, and metabolic fluxes

Y Xu, AA Koroma, SE Weise, X Fu, TD Sharkey… - Plant …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
Daylength, a seasonal and latitudinal variable, exerts a substantial impact on plant growth.
However, the relationship between daylength and growth is nonproportional, suggesting the …

Reimport of carbon from cytosolic and vacuolar sugar pools into the Calvin–Benson cycle explains photosynthesis labeling anomalies

Y Xu, T Wieloch, JAM Kaste… - Proceedings of the …, 2022‏ - National Acad Sciences
When isotopes of carbon are fed to photosynthesizing leaves, metabolites of the Calvin–
Benson cycle (CBC) are rapidly labeled initially, but then the rate of labeling slows …

Integrated flux and pool size analysis in plant central metabolism reveals unique roles of glycine and serine during photorespiration

X Fu, LM Gregory, SE Weise, BJ Walker - Nature Plants, 2023‏ - nature.com
Photorespiration is an essential process juxtaposed between plant carbon and nitrogen
metabolism that responds to dynamic environments. Photorespiration recycles inhibitory …

Amino acid catabolism in plants

TM Hildebrandt, AN Nesi, WL Araújo, HP Braun - Molecular plant, 2015‏ - cell.com
Amino acids have various prominent functions in plants. Besides their usage during protein
biosynthesis, they also represent building blocks for several other biosynthesis pathways …

A tale of two sugars: trehalose 6-phosphate and sucrose

CM Figueroa, JE Lunn - Plant physiology, 2016‏ - academic.oup.com
Abstract Trehalose 6-phosphate (Tre6P), the intermediate of trehalose biosynthesis, is an
essential signal metabolite in plants, linking growth and development to carbon status. The …

Reprogramming of plant central metabolism in response to abiotic stresses: A metabolomics view

Y Xu, X Fu - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Abiotic stresses rewire plant central metabolism to maintain metabolic and energy
homeostasis. Metabolites involved in the plant central metabolic network serve as a hub for …

Flood adaptive traits and processes: an overview

LACJ Voesenek, J Bailey‐Serres - New Phytologist, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Unanticipated flooding challenges plant growth and fitness in natural and agricultural
ecosystems. Here we describe mechanisms of developmental plasticity and metabolic …