Amino Acids of the Glutamate Family: Functions beyond Primary Metabolism

• Main Author: Sakiko Okumoto (auth)
• Other Authors: Maurizio Trovato (auth), Dietmar Funck (auth), Giuseppe Forlani (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Botany & plant sciences; biochemical pathways; Regulation of development; Arginine; glutamine synthetase; GABA; metabolite signaling; Proline; Enzyme properties; Stress tolerance mechanisms; amino acid transport
• Online Access: 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...