Open AccessOut with the Old: The Fate of Obsolete Peroxisomes
Author(s) -
Kathleen L. Farquharson
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the plant cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324
H-Index - 341
eISSN - 1532-298X
pISSN - 1040-4651
DOI - 10.1105/tpc.113.251210
Subject(s) - peroxisome , biology , glyoxylate cycle , glyoxysome , arabidopsis thaliana , seedling , arabidopsis , biochemistry , hydrolysis , germination , botany , metabolism , gene , mutant
Nutrient reserves in seeds drive early seedling growth. In germinating Arabidopsis thaliana seeds, lipases hydrolyze triacylglycerol into free fatty acids ([Kelly et al., 2011][1]), which then undergo β-oxidation in peroxisomes. The resulting acetyl CoA is then catabolized in the glyoxylate cycle
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