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Phosphatidic Acid Phosphatases in Seed Plants

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Lipid Signaling in Plants

Part of the book series: Plant Cell Monographs ((CELLMONO,volume 16))

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Phosphatidic acid phosphatase (PAP) dephosphorylates phosphatidic acid (PA) to yield diacylglycerol (DAG) and inorganic phosphate (Pi). In seed plants, PAP functions both as a crucial enzyme for membrane lipid biosynthesis and an attenuator for PA signal. Despite its importance, molecular cloning and functional analysis on plant PAP have only recently started to be reported. In this chapter, we initially overview earlier biochemical analyses on plant native PAP, followed by summarizing recent advances of molecular biological studies in Arabidopsis.

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The authors are grateful to Dr. Hiroyuki Imai, Konan University, Japan, for personal communication regarding unpublished results. The authors also thank Dr. Teun Munnik, Swammerdam Institute for Life Science, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Dr. Toshiro Ito, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, Singapore, for critical reading of the manuscript.

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Nakamura, Y., Ohta, H. (2010). Phosphatidic Acid Phosphatases in Seed Plants. In: Munnik, T. (eds) Lipid Signaling in Plants. Plant Cell Monographs, vol 16. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03873-0_9

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