Project

Unraveling the transcriptional and posttranslational control of plant triterpene biosynthesis.

Code

3E011812

Duration

01 October 2012 → 30 September 2018

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)

Promotor

Alain Goossens

Research disciplines

Natural sciences
- Regulation of metabolism
- Plant biochemistry
- Plant cell and molecular biology

Keywords

Medicago truncatula triterpene saponins homeostasis ERAD E3 ligases

Project description

The involvement of ERAD in triterpene homeostasis will be examined in Medicago truncatula. Proteins steering ERAD will be identified by several complementary approaches, including interactomic and transcriptomic analysis of plants misexpressing ERAD or saponin synthesis genes. Next, reverse genetics will be applied to examine the involvement of the candidate proteins in ERAD, triterpene homeostasis, and plant metabolism and physiology.