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PLANT SECONDARY METABOLISM

Membrane-bound metabolons

Nature Plants volume 4, pages 245–246 (2018)Cite this article

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Metabolon-formation governs the biosynthetic efficiency of natural plant products. Identification of membrane-anchored proteins has now led to discovery of the metabolic channelling mechanism of phenylpropanoid biosynthesis.

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Fig. 1: Characterization of the metabolon in phenylpropanoid metabolism.

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Wang, B., Zhao, Q. Membrane-bound metabolons. Nature Plants 4, 245–246 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-018-0148-3

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