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. 2011 Jul 21;585(14):2193-8.
doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2011.05.066. Epub 2011 Jun 12.

Förster resonance energy transfer demonstrates a flavonoid metabolon in living plant cells that displays competitive interactions between enzymes

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Förster resonance energy transfer demonstrates a flavonoid metabolon in living plant cells that displays competitive interactions between enzymes

Kevin C Crosby et al. FEBS Lett. .
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Abstract

We have used Förster resonance energy transfer detected by fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM-FRET) to provide the first evidence from living plants cells for the existence of a flavonoid metabolon. The distribution of flux within this system may be regulated by the direct competition of enzymes that catalyze key branch-point reactions, flavonol synthase 1 and dihydroflavonol 4-reductase, for association with the entry-point enzyme, chalcone synthase. Because the flavonoid enzymes were likely recruited from pathways of primary metabolism, our findings suggest a new general working model for the regulation of dynamic pathways in their native cellular context.

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