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Liu Y, Zhang S (2004) Phosphorylation of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid synthase by
MPK6, a stress-responsive mitogen-activated protein kinase, induces ethylene biosynthesis in
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Locke JM, Bryce JH, Morris PC (2000) Contrasting effects of ethylene perception and biosynthesis
inhibitors on germination and seedling growth of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) J Exp Bot
51:1843–1849
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Ludwig-Müller J (2009) Auxin conjugates: their role for plant development and in the evolution of
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the proteasomal degradation of the ethylene biosynthetic enzyme, 1-aminocyclopropane-1carboxylate synthase 7. Plant J 71:23–34
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78:70–79
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S-adenosylmethionine production and ethylene biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Environ
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productive agriculture. Ann Bot 105:1141–1157
Mashiguchi K, Tanaka K, Sakai T, Sugawara S, Kawaide H et al (2011) The main auxin
biosynthesis pathway in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:18512–18517
McCarthy DL, Capitani G, Feng L, Gruetter MG, Kirsch JF (2001) Glutamate 47 in
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McDonnell L, Plett JM, Andersson-Gunnerãs S, Kozela C, Dugardeyn J, Van Der Straeten D,
Glick BR, Sundberg B, Regan S (2009) Ethylene levels are regulated by a plant encoded
1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid deaminase. Physiol Plant 136(1):94–109
Mehta PK, Hale TI, Christen P (1993) Aminotransferases: demonstration of homology and division
into evolutionary subgroups. Eur J Biochem 214:549–561
Mehta RA, Cassol T, Li N, Ali N, Handa AK, Mattoo AK (2002) Engineered polyamine accumulation in tomato enhances phytonutrient content, juice quality, and vine life. Nat Biotechnol
20:613–618
Miesak B, Coruzzi GM (2002) Molecular and physiological analysis of Arabidopsis mutants
defective in cytosolic or chloroplastic aspartate aminotransferase. Plant Physiol 129:650–660
Mills WR, Lea PJ, Miflin BJ (1980) Photosynthetic formation of the asparte family of amino acids
in isolated chloroplasts. Plant Physiol 65:1166–1172
Miyazaki JH, Yang SF (1987) Metabolism of 5-methylthioribose to methionine. Plant Physiol
84:277–281
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285:33445–33456
Liu Y, Zhang S (2004) Phosphorylation of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid synthase by
MPK6, a stress-responsive mitogen-activated protein kinase, induces ethylene biosynthesis in
Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 16:3386–3399
Locke JM, Bryce JH, Morris PC (2000) Contrasting effects of ethylene perception and biosynthesis
inhibitors on germination and seedling growth of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) J Exp Bot
51:1843–1849
Loewith R, Hall MN (2011) Target of Rapamycin (TOR) in nutrient signaling and growth control.
Genetics 189:1177–1201
Lu SC (2000) S-Adenosylmethionine. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 32:391–395
Ludwig-Müller J (2009) Auxin conjugates: their role for plant development and in the evolution of
land plants. J Exp Bot 62:1757–1773
Lyzenga WJ, Booth JK, Stone SL (2012) The Arabidopsis RING-type E3 ligase XBAT32 mediates
the proteasomal degradation of the ethylene biosynthetic enzyme, 1-aminocyclopropane-1carboxylate synthase 7. Plant J 71:23–34
Ma W, Li J, Qu B, He X, Zhao X, Li B, Fu X, Tong Y (2014) Auxin biosynthetic gene TAR2 is
involved in low nitrogen-mediated reprogramming of root architecture in Arabidopsis. Plant J
78:70–79
Maeda H, Dudareva N (2012) The shikimate pathway and aromatic amino acid biosynthesis in
plants. Annu Rev Plant Biol 63:73–105
Maeda H, Yoo H, Dudareva N (2011) Prephenate aminotransferase directs plant phenylalanine
biosynthesis via arogenate. Nature Chem Biol 7:19–21
Malone S, Chen Z-H, Bahram AR, Walker RP, Gray JE, Leegoog RC (2007) Phosphoenolpyruvate
carboxykinase in Arabidopsis: changes in gene expression, rotein and activity during vegetative
and reproductive development. Plant Cell Physio 48(3):441–450
Mao D, Yu F, Li J, Van de Poel B, Tan D, Li J, Liu Y, Li X, Dong M, Chen L, Li D, Luan S (2015)
FERONIA receptor kinase interacts with Sadenosylmethionine synthetase and suppresses
S-adenosylmethionine production and ethylene biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Environ
38:2566–2574
Martin MN, Cohen JD, Saftner RA (1995) A new 1-aminocyclopropane- 1-carboxylic acidconjugating activity in tomato fruit. Plant Physiol 109(3):917–926
Masclaux-Daubresse C, Daniel-Vedele F, Dechorgnat J, Chardon F, Gaufichon L, Suziki A (2010)
Nitrogen uptake, assimilation and remobilization in plants: challenges for sustainable and
productive agriculture. Ann Bot 105:1141–1157
Mashiguchi K, Tanaka K, Sakai T, Sugawara S, Kawaide H et al (2011) The main auxin
biosynthesis pathway in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:18512–18517
McCarthy DL, Capitani G, Feng L, Gruetter MG, Kirsch JF (2001) Glutamate 47 in
1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase is a major specificity determinant. Biochemist
40:12276–12284
McDonnell L, Plett JM, Andersson-Gunnerãs S, Kozela C, Dugardeyn J, Van Der Straeten D,
Glick BR, Sundberg B, Regan S (2009) Ethylene levels are regulated by a plant encoded
1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid deaminase. Physiol Plant 136(1):94–109
Mehta PK, Hale TI, Christen P (1993) Aminotransferases: demonstration of homology and division
into evolutionary subgroups. Eur J Biochem 214:549–561
Mehta RA, Cassol T, Li N, Ali N, Handa AK, Mattoo AK (2002) Engineered polyamine accumulation in tomato enhances phytonutrient content, juice quality, and vine life. Nat Biotechnol
20:613–618
Miesak B, Coruzzi GM (2002) Molecular and physiological analysis of Arabidopsis mutants
defective in cytosolic or chloroplastic aspartate aminotransferase. Plant Physiol 129:650–660
Mills WR, Lea PJ, Miflin BJ (1980) Photosynthetic formation of the asparte family of amino acids
in isolated chloroplasts. Plant Physiol 65:1166–1172
Miyazaki JH, Yang SF (1987) Metabolism of 5-methylthioribose to methionine. Plant Physiol
84:277–281
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