Effects of salt stress on basic processes of photosynthesis

P Sudhir, SDS Murthy - Photosynthetica, 2004 - Springer
Salt stress causes decrease in plant growth and productivity by disrupting physiological
processes, especially photosynthesis. The accumulation of intracellular sodium ions at salt …

The remarkable diversity of plant PEPC (phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase): recent insights into the physiological functions and post-translational controls of non …

B O'Leary, J Park, WC Plaxton - Biochemical Journal, 2011 - portlandpress.com
PEPC [PEP (phosphoenolpyruvate) carboxylase] is a tightly controlled enzyme located at
the core of plant C-metabolism that catalyses the irreversible β-carboxylation of PEP to form …

Can alternative metabolic pathways and shunts overcome salinity induced inhibition of central carbon metabolism in crops?

A Bandehagh, NL Taylor - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The annual cost of lost crop production from exposure to salinity has major impacts on food
security in all parts of the world. Salinity stress disturbs energy metabolism and knowledge …

Exploring the correlation between salt tolerance and yield: Research advances and perspectives for salt-tolerant forage sorghum selection and genetic improvement

E Amombo, D Ashilenje, A Hirich, L Kouisni… - Planta, 2022 - Springer
Main conclusion Some salt stress response mechanisms can translate into sorghum forage
yield and thus act as targets for genetic improvement. Abstract Sorghum is a drought-tolerant …

Drought tolerance and proteomics studies of transgenic wheat containing the maize C4 phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) gene

N Qin, W Xu, L Hu, Y Li, H Wang, X Qi, Y Fang, X Hua - Protoplasma, 2016 - Springer
Enhancing drought tolerance of crops has been a great challenge in crop improvement.
Here, we report the maize phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) gene was able to …

Control of the phosphorylation of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase in higher plants

HG Nimmo - Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2003 - Elsevier
Phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) carboxylase is regulated by reversible phosphorylation in
higher plants. Recently several genes encoding PEP carboxylase kinase have been cloned …

Potassium ameliorates cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) fiber length by regulating osmotic and K+/Na+ homeostasis under salt stress

K Yu, F Ju, Z Wang, L Sun, Y Huo, J Zhu… - Physiologia …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Potassium (K) application can alleviate cotton salt stress, but the regulatory mechanisms
affecting cotton fiber elongation and ion homeostasis are still unclear. A two‐year field …

Characterization of salt stress-enhanced phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase kinase activity in leaves of Sorghum vulgare: independence from osmotic stress …

S García-Mauriño, J Monreal, R Alvarez, J Vidal… - Planta, 2003 - Springer
C 4 phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPCase: EC 4.1. 1.31) is subjected to in vivo
regulatory phosphorylation by a light up-regulated, calcium-independent protein kinase. Salt …

Proline synthesis in barley under iron deficiency and salinity

C Arias-Baldrich, N Bosch, D Begines, AB Feria… - Journal of Plant …, 2015 - Elsevier
This work investigates proline synthesis in six barley varieties subjected to iron deficiency,
salinity or both stresses. The highest growth under Fe sufficiency corresponded to Belgrano …

Knock‐down of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase 3 negatively impacts growth, productivity, and responses to salt stress in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.)

C De la Osa, J Pérez‐López, AB Feria… - The Plant …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) is a carboxylating enzyme with important roles in
plant metabolism. Most studies in C4 plants have focused on photosynthetic PEPC, but less …