2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Search and clarification of a novel molecular function of 5-amonolevulinate
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23570054
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Plant molecular biology/Plant physiology
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| Research Institution | Kobe University |
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Principal Investigator |
KANAMARU Kengo 神戸大学, (連合)農学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (90260025)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 5-アミノレブリン酸 |
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| Research Abstract |
5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) is a primary metabolite which almost all living organism produce by theirselves. It's metabolic products, tetrapyrrole compounds, play critical roles as heme in blood and various oxidases, siroheme in N/S assimilation enzymes, chlorophyll in plant, and vitamin B12. Furthermore, external ALA-feeding confers increase of resistance to environmental stress to plants. In this study, we examined carefully the phenomena and tried to clarify the molecular mechanisms. We found that exogenous ALA contributes recovery of heme but not directly of chlorophyll and identified ALA-inducible transcription factors from tomato and Arabidopsis.
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