Management of plant central metabolism by SnRK1 protein kinases

Here we review studies linking the SnRK1 energy-sensing kinase and plant primary metabolism, and present a model in which SnRK1 function is centred on the maintenance of sucrose homeostasis.

• Publication year

  2022

• Venue

  Journal of Experimental Botany

• Publication date

  2022-06-16

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1093/jxb/erac261PMID 35708960PMCID 9664233
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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