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From: Isolation, identification and expression analysis of salt-induced genes in Suaeda maritima, a natural halophyte, using PCR-based suppression subtractive hybridization

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Biosynthetic pathways of glycinebetaine and ethylene in plant. Glycinebetaine in plant is synthesized from choline, which in turn is synthesized by three sequential N-methylation of NH2-moiety of ethanolamine (EA), phospho-ethanolamine (P-EA) or phosphatidyl-ethanolamine (Ptd-EA) catalysed by phosphoethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PEAMT). Monomethylehthanolamine (MMEA), dimethylethanolamine (DMEA) and their phsopho- (P-), citidine diphosphate- (CDP-) and phosphatidyl- (Ptd-) derivatives are various intermediates. Methyl group is donated at each step by SAM (S-adnosylmethionine). SAM is also the methyl donor for ethylene synthesis catalysed by ACC synthase and ACC oxidase. The by-product SAH is broken down further by SAHH (S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase). SAM is regenerated from methionine by SAMS (S-adenosyl-L-methionine synthase).

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