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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Arabidopsis thaliana
SUBMITTER: Günter Brader
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-26631 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology 20120116 2
In addition to its essential metabolic functions, biotin has been suggested to play a critical role in regulating gene expression. The first committed enzyme in biotin biosynthesis in Arabidopsis, 7-keto-8-aminopelargonic acid synthase, is encoded by At5g04620 (BIO4). We isolated a T-DNA insertion mutant of BIO4 (bio4-1) with a spontaneous cell death phenotype, which was rescued both by exogenous biotin and genetic complementation. The bio4-1 plants exhibited massive accumulation of hydrogen per ...[more]