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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DE150100130
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Control of plant mitochondrial metabolism by reversible enzyme acetylation. Plant metabolism is more complex and less well understood than metabolism in other groups such as animals or bacteria. Our lack of understanding of how plants control their metabolism is currently a major roadblock in the development and use of plants to produce increased quantities of nutritional, medicinal and chemical compounds. It was recently discovered that animal and bacterial cells coordinate the activity of central metabolic pathways via a specific chemical modification (acetylation) of key enzymes. As enzyme acetylation may function in plant cells as well, this project aims to perform a fundamental yet practical assessment of how this mechanism works in plants and how it can be exploited to accurately manipulate plant metabolism.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 07-2015
End Date: 06-2018
Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
Funding Amount: $362,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Plant Cell and Molecular Biology | Plant Biology | Plant Physiology |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Environmentally Sustainable Plant Production not elsewhere classified | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences
