PEPc-mediated CO2 assimilation provides carbons
to gluconeogenesis and the TCA cycle in both dark-exposed and
illuminated guard cells
Valéria F. Lima1, David B.
Medeiros2, Silvio A.
Cândido-Sobrinho1, Francisco Bruno S.
Freire1, Nicole P. Porto1, Alexander
Erban2, Joachim Kopka2, Markus
Schwarzländer3, Alisdair R. Fernie2,
Danilo M. Daloso1*
1 LabPlant, Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia
Molecular, Universidade Federal do Ceará, 60451-970, Fortaleza, Ceará,
Brasil.
2 Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology,
14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany.
3 Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology,
Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48143 Münster, Germany.
*Corresponding author:
daloso@ufc.br
Running head: Unveiling the dark side of guard cell
metabolism