Publications by authors named "Aimie Kerr"
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the role of trehalose biosynthesis in Arabidopsis through a mutant (tps1) that has a disrupted gene responsible for the synthesis, leading to embryo lethality.
- The mutant embryos show normal initial development but suffer from halted growth and issues with cell expansion and storage accumulation, indicating the importance of trehalose during seed maturation.
- Unlike yeast, where trehalose regulates sugar influx into glycolysis, the findings suggest a unique mechanism in plants for regulating sugar metabolism and embryo development that does not involve inhibition of hexokinase.
