Amino Acids of the Glutamate Family: Functions beyond Primary Metabolism

• Autore principale: Sakiko Okumoto (auth)
• Altri autori: Maurizio Trovato (auth), Dietmar Funck (auth), Giuseppe Forlani (auth)
• Natura: Elettronico Capitolo di libro
• Lingua: inglese
• Pubblicazione: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Serie: Frontiers Research Topics
• Soggetti: Botany & plant sciences; biochemical pathways; Regulation of development; Arginine; glutamine synthetase; GABA; metabolite signaling; Proline; Enzyme properties; Stress tolerance mechanisms; amino acid transport
• Accesso online: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The life of proteins starts and ends as amino acids. In addition to the primary function as protein building blocks, amino acids serve multiple other purposes to make a plant's life worth living. This is true especially for the amino acids of the glutamate family, namely glutamate (Glu), glutam...