| Range |
>60 %
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| Organism |
Plant rapeseed Brassica napus |
| Reference |
Schwender J, Goffman F, Ohlrogge JB, Shachar-Hill Y. Rubisco without the Calvin cycle improves the carbon efficiency of developing green seeds. Nature. 2004 Dec 9 432(7018):779-82. p.779 right column 2nd paragraphPubMed ID15592419
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| Primary Source |
Schwender J, Ohlrogge J, Shachar-Hill Y. Understanding flux in plant metabolic networks. Curr Opin Plant Biol. 2004 Jun7(3):309-17.PubMed ID15134752
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| Comments |
"During embryogenesis, seeds receive carbon precursors from the
mother plant for the synthesis of storage products. In oilseeds such
as B. napus, the dominant metabolic flux is the conversion of sugars
into triacylglycerols (primary source), resulting in more than 60% of the carbon
being stored as oil (about 45% of dry weight)." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
108776 |