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Literature summary for 4.1.1.31 extracted from

  • Li, X.R.; Wang, L.; Ruan, Y.L.
    Developmental and molecular physiological evidence for the role of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase in rapid cotton fibre elongation (2010), J. Exp. Bot., 61, 287-295.
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Protein Variants

Protein Variants Comment Organism
additional information at the rapid elongation phase of 10 days after anthesis, the PEPC activity in the monogenic, dominant cotton mutant Ligon lintless is only 25% of the wild type, which corresponded to about 55% reduction of fibre length Gossypium hirsutum

Metals/Ions

Metals/Ions Comment Organism Structure
Mg2+ required Gossypium hirsutum

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Gossypium hirsutum O23946 cultivar Coker 315
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Source Tissue

Source Tissue Comment Organism Textmining
cotton fibre PEPC1 and PEPC2 are expressed in fibres early in elongation but not in non-differentiating ovular epidermis Gossypium hirsutum
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hypocotyl
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Gossypium hirsutum
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leaf
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Gossypium hirsutum
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root
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Gossypium hirsutum
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Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
phosphoenolpyruvate + CO2
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Gossypium hirsutum phosphate + oxaloacetate
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ir

Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
PEPC1 isoform Gossypium hirsutum
PEPC2 isoform Gossypium hirsutum
Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase
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Gossypium hirsutum

Cofactor

Cofactor Comment Organism Structure
GTP
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Gossypium hirsutum

General Information

General Information Comment Organism
physiological function PEPC is a key enzyme in the synthesis of malate Gossypium hirsutum