Gene Review:
VTC2 - GDP-L-galactose phosphorylase 1
Arabidopsis thaliana
Synonyms:
F10M23.190, F10M23_190, vitamin c defective 2
- Ascorbic acid deficiency activates cell death and disease resistance responses in Arabidopsis. Pavet, V., Olmos, E., Kiddle, G., Mowla, S., Kumar, S., Antoniw, J., Alvarez, M.E., Foyer, C.H. Plant Physiol. (2005)
- Ascorbate-deficient mutants of Arabidopsis grow in high light despite chronic photooxidative stress. Müller-Moulé, P., Golan, T., Niyogi, K.K. Plant Physiol. (2004)
- Zeaxanthin deficiency enhances the high light sensitivity of an ascorbate-deficient mutant of Arabidopsis. Müller-Moulé, P., Havaux, M., Niyogi, K.K. Plant Physiol. (2003)
- Modulation of plant morphology, root architecture, and cell structure by low vitamin C in Arabidopsis thaliana. Olmos, E., Kiddle, G., Pellny, T., Kumar, S., Foyer, C.h. J. Exp. Bot. (2006)
- Arabidopsis VTC2 encodes a GDP-L-galactose phosphorylase, the last unknown enzyme in the Smirnoff-Wheeler pathway to ascorbic acid in plants. Linster, C.L., Gomez, T.A., Christensen, K.C., Adler, L.N., Young, B.D., Brenner, C., Clarke, S.G. J. Biol. Chem. (2007)
- Two genes in Arabidopsis thaliana encoding GDP-L-galactose phosphorylase are required for ascorbate biosynthesis and seedling viability. Dowdle, J., Ishikawa, T., Gatzek, S., Rolinski, S., Smirnoff, N. Plant J. (2007)