On the diversity of roles of organic acids

MARIA FABIANA DRINCOVICH; VOLL LM; MAURINO, VERÓNICA G

Frontiers in Plant Science

Frontiers Research Foundation

Año: 2016

1664-462X

Organic acids represent intermediates of major carbon metabolism in plant cells and are, among others, involved in various biochemical pathways, such as glycolysis, the tricarboxylic acid cycle, photorespiration, the glyoxylate cycle, or the photosynthetic C4 cycle. During the last years, compelling evidence has pointed out that organic acids also display unexpected roles in controlling whole plant cell physiology. These novel roles have become evident by the contribution of a broad spectrum of research laboratories, which have analysed plants with modified levels of these compounds and found surprising effects