Dear Editor,Branched-chain amino acids(BCAAs)are essential amino acids that must be obtained from the diet for humans and animals.Branched-chain amino acid transaminases(BCATs)catalyze a key step in the BCAA synthesis...Dear Editor,Branched-chain amino acids(BCAAs)are essential amino acids that must be obtained from the diet for humans and animals.Branched-chain amino acid transaminases(BCATs)catalyze a key step in the BCAA synthesis pathway,however,little is known about their biological roles in planta.In this study,we functionally characterized two BCATs,OsBCAT4 and OsBCAT5,in rice and showed that they regulate the development of rice roots by affecting the levels of mineral elements.展开更多
基金supported by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (31625021)the State Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (31530052)+2 种基金the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2016YFD0100500) to J.L.the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2017M610480)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31800203) to C.J.
文摘Dear Editor,Branched-chain amino acids(BCAAs)are essential amino acids that must be obtained from the diet for humans and animals.Branched-chain amino acid transaminases(BCATs)catalyze a key step in the BCAA synthesis pathway,however,little is known about their biological roles in planta.In this study,we functionally characterized two BCATs,OsBCAT4 and OsBCAT5,in rice and showed that they regulate the development of rice roots by affecting the levels of mineral elements.
