Amino Acids of the Glutamate Family: Functions beyond Primary Metabolism

• Huvudskapare: Sakiko Okumoto (auth)
• Övriga skapare: Maurizio Trovato (auth), Dietmar Funck (auth), Giuseppe Forlani (auth)
• Materialtyp: Elektronisk Bokavsnitt
• Språk: engelska
• Publicerad: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Serie: Frontiers Research Topics
• Ämnen: Botany & plant sciences; biochemical pathways; Regulation of development; Arginine; glutamine synthetase; GABA; metabolite signaling; Proline; Enzyme properties; Stress tolerance mechanisms; amino acid transport
• Länkar: 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...