Acetolactate synthase regulatory subunits play divergent and overlapping roles in branched-chain amino acid synthesis and Arabidopsis development

Authors

Mohammad H. Dezfulian
Curtis Foreman
Espanta Jalili
Mrinal Pal
Rajdeep K. Dhaliwal
Don Karl A. Roberto
Kathleen M. Imre
Susanne E. Kohalmi
William L. Crosby, University of WindsorFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2017

Publication Title

BMC Plant Biology

Volume

17

First Page

71

Abstract

Branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) are synthesized by plants, fungi, bacteria, and archaea with plants being the major source of these amino acids in animal diets. Acetolactate synthase (ALS) is the first enzyme in the BCAA synthesis pathway. Although the functional contribution of ALS to BCAA biosynthesis has been extensively characterized, a comprehensive understanding of the regulation of this pathway at the molecular level is still lacking.

DOI

10.1186/s12870-017-1022-6

Comments

Financial support from the NSERC Canada (RGPIN No. 171305-7 to WLC) and a QEII – GSST (to MHD) is gratefully acknowledged.

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Dezfulian, Mohammad H.; Foreman, Curtis; Jalili, Espanta; Pal, Mrinal; Dhaliwal, Rajdeep K.; Roberto, Don Karl A.; Imre, Kathleen M.; Kohalmi, Susanne E.; and Crosby, William L., "Acetolactate synthase regulatory subunits play divergent and overlapping roles in branched-chain amino acid synthesis and Arabidopsis development" (2017). BMC Plant Biology, 17, 71.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/biologypub/966