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. 1991 Feb;95(2):341-3.
doi: 10.1104/pp.95.2.341.

Diversity of specificity and function of phosphate translocators in various plastids

H W Heldt  1 , U I Flügge, S Borchert
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Diversity of specificity and function of phosphate translocators in various plastids

H W Heldt et al. Plant Physiol. 1991 Feb.

Abstract

This report gives a comparison of the specificity of phosphate translocators in various plastids. Whereas the phosphate translocator of the C(3) plant spinach mediates a counter exchange between inorganic phosphate, dihydroxyacetone phosphate, and 3-phosphoglycerate, the phosphate translocators in chloroplasts from C(4) and CAM plants transport phosphoenolpyruvate in addition to the above mentioned metabolites. In plastids from pea roots the phosphate translocator also transports glucose 6-phosphate. This diversity of phosphate translocators is discussed in view of the special functions of the various plastids.

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