Respiratory and C4-photosynthetic NAD-malic enzyme coexist in bundle sheath cells mitochondria and evolved via association of differentially adapted subunits
M. Huedig, M. A. Tronconi, J. P. Zubimendi, T. L. Sage, G. Poschmann, D. Bickel, H. Gohlke, V. G. Maurino
The paper shows that in C4 Cleome species, NAD-ME functions as both a decarboxylase and housekeeping enzyme through differentially adapted beta subunits in mitochondria.
bioRxiv · Jun 16, 2021Plant Biology