The role of hexokinase in plant sugar signal transduction and growth and development

W Xiao, J Sheen, JC Jang - Plant molecular biology, 2000 - Springer
Previous studies have revealed a central role of Arabidopsis thaliana hexokinases (AtHXK1
and AtHXK2) in the glucose repression of photosynthetic genes and early seedling …

Overexpression of Arabidopsis hexokinase in tomato plants inhibits growth, reduces photosynthesis, and induces rapid senescence

N Dai, A Schaffer, M Petreikov, Y Shahak, Y Giller… - The plant …, 1999 - academic.oup.com
Sugars are key regulatory molecules that affect diverse processes in higher plants.
Hexokinase is the first enzyme in hexose metabolism and may be a sugar sensor that …

The Pitfalls of Transgenic Selection and New Roles of AtHXK1: A High Level of AtHXK1 Expression Uncouples Hexokinase1-Dependent Sugar Signaling from …

G Kelly, R David-Schwartz, N Sade… - Plant …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) hexokinase (AtHXK1) encodes a dual-function enzyme
that mediates sugar sensing in addition to its involvement in hexose phosphorylation activity …

Expression and evolutionary features of the hexokinase gene family in Arabidopsis

A Karve, BL Rauh, X Xia, M Kandasamy, RB Meagher… - Planta, 2008 - Springer
Abstract Arabidopsis hexokinase1 (HXK1) is a moonlighting protein that has separable
functions in glucose signaling and in glucose metabolism. In this study, we have …

Plant hexokinases are multifaceted proteins

GP Aguilera-Alvarado… - Plant and Cell …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Sugars are the main carbon and energy source in cells, but they can also act as signaling
molecules that affect the whole plant life cycle. Certain tissues can produce sugars and …

[PDF][PDF] Evolutionary lineages and functional diversification of plant hexokinases

R Karve, M Lauria, A Virnig, X Xia, BL Rauh, B d Moore - Molecular Plant, 2010 - cell.com
Sequencing data from 10 species show that a plant hexokinase (HXK) family contains 5–11
genes. Functionally, a given family can include metabolic catalysts, glucose signaling …

Role of the Rice Hexokinases OsHXK5 and OsHXK6 as Glucose Sensors

JI Cho, N Ryoo, JS Eom, DW Lee, HB Kim… - Plant …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) hexokinase 1 (AtHXK1) is recognized as an
important glucose (Glc) sensor. However, the function of hexokinases as Glc sensors has …

Interaction of glucose and phytohormone signaling in plants

F Sami, H Siddiqui, S Hayat - Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Energy acts as a primary prerequisite for plant growth like all the other organisms. Soluble
sugars function in providing enough supply of nutrients which further helps in building …

Isozymes of plant hexokinase: occurrence, properties and functions

E Claeyssen, J Rivoal - Phytochemistry, 2007 - Elsevier
Hexokinase (HK) occurs in all phyla, as an enzyme of the glycolytic pathway. Its importance
in plant metabolism has emerged with compelling evidence that its preferential substrate …

Hexokinase as a sugar sensor in higher plants.

JC Jang, P Leon, L Zhou, J Sheen - The Plant Cell, 1997 - academic.oup.com
The mechanisms by which higher plants recognize and respond to sugars are largely
unknown. Here, we present evidence that the first enzyme in the hexose assimilation …