Convergent molecular evolution of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase gene family in C4 and crassulacean acid metabolism plants [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC), as the key enzyme in initial carbon fixation of C4and crassulacean acid mechanism (CAM) pathways, was thought to undergo convergent adaptive changes resulting in the convergent evolution of C4 and CAM ...
Jiang-Ping Shu +2 more
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Diversification Slowdown in the Cirrhopetalum Alliance (Bulbophyllum, Orchidaceae): Insights From the Evolutionary Dynamics of Crassulacean Acid Metabolism [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 Evolutionary slowdowns in diversification have been inferred in various plant and animal lineages. Investigation based on diversification models integrated with environmental factors and key characters could provide critical insights into this ...
Ai-Qun Hu +6 more
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Physiological and transcriptomic analysis uncovers salinity stress mechanisms in a facultative crassulacean acid metabolism plant Dendrobium officinale [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 Dendrobium officinale is a precious medicinal Chinese herb that employs facultative crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) and has a high degree of abiotic stress tolerance, but the molecular mechanism underlying the response of this orchid to abiotic ...
Mingze Zhang +9 more
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Clusia genomes shed light on the evolution and diversity of crassulacean acid metabolism physiotypes [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsMore than 200 years ago, Alexander von Humboldt described a tree of the genus Clusia for its ability to perform crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM).
Hannes M. Kramml +29 more
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Crassulacean acid metabolism as a continuous trait: variability in the contribution of Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) in populations of Portulacaria afra [PDF]
Heliyon, 2017 Portulacaria afra L. is a dominant facultative CAM species growing in the Southeastern Cape of South Africa. P. afra is well adapted to regions of the Spekboom thicket in areas of limited and sporadic rainfall. P.
Lonnie J. Guralnick, Kate Gladsky
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Photosynthetic acclimation of crassulacean acid metabolism orchid Phalaenopsis in response to light level [PDF]
Scientific ReportsPhalaenopsis orchids exhibit remarkable photosynthetic plasticity, enabling them to effectively acclimate crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) to a wide range of light levels. Herein, the photosynthetic acclimation of Phalaenopsis Queen Beer ‘Mantefon’ was
Ji Yeon Kim +3 more
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Inference of Gene Regulatory Network Uncovers the Linkage between Circadian Clock and Crassulacean Acid Metabolism in Kalanchoë fedtschenkoi [PDF]
Cells, 2021 The circadian clock drives time-specific gene expression, enabling biological processes to be temporally controlled. Plants that conduct crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) photosynthesis represent an interesting case of circadian regulation of gene ...
Robert C. Moseley +4 more
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The Kalanchoë genome provides insights into convergent evolution and building blocks of crassulacean acid metabolism [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2017 Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) is a metabolic adaptation of photosynthesis that enhances water use efficiency. Here, via genomic analysis of Kalanchoë, the authors provide evidence for convergent evolution of protein sequence and temporal gene ...
Xiaohan Yang +48 more
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The kinome of pineapple: catalog and insights into functions in crassulacean acid metabolism plants [PDF]
BMC Plant Biology, 2018 Background Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) plants use water 20–80% more efficiently by shifting stomata opening and primary CO2 uptake and fixation to the nighttime. Protein kinases (PKs) play pivotal roles in this biological process. However, few PKs
Kaikai Zhu +4 more
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The Development of Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM) Photosynthesis in Cotyledons of the C4 Species, Portulaca grandiflora (Portulacaceae) [PDF]
Plants, 2020 Portulaca grandiflora simultaneously utilizes both the C4 and Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) photosynthetic pathways. Our goal was to determine whether CAM developed and was functional simultaneously with the C4 pathway in cotyledons of P ...
Lonnie J. Guralnick +3 more
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