Characterization of the NADP malic enzyme gene family in the facultative, single-cell C-4 monocot Hydrilla verticillata

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2007

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Estavillo, Gonzalo
Rao, Srinath K.
Reiskind, Julia B.
Bowes, George

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Kluwer Academic Publishers

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Hydrilla verticillata has a facultative single-cell system that changes from C3 to C4 photosynthesis. A NADP+-dependent malic enzyme (NADP-ME) provides a high [CO2] for Rubisco fixation in the C4 leaf chloroplasts. Of three NADP-ME genes identified, only

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Keywords: complementary DNA; isoenzyme; malate dehydrogenase; malate dehydrogenase (oxaloacetate decarboxylating) (NADP+); malate dehydrogenase (oxaloacetate-decarboxylating) (NADP+); recombinant protein; unclassified drug; article; biology; classification; enzymol Aquatic angiosperm; C4 photosynthesis; Expression pattern; Gene family; Hydrilla verticillata; Isoforms; NADP-malic enzyme; Recombinant protein

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Photosynthesis Research

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