PPAR — Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

Summary

BvPGDH2 (PPAR) on sugar beet chromosome 1 encodes a D-isomer-specific 2-hydroxyacid dehydrogenase with phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase, glyoxylate reductase, hydroxypyruvate reductase and formate dehydrogenase activities. The gene is associated with the oxidative photosynthetic carbon pathway, cellular respiration, gluconeogenesis, glucose homeostasis, fatty acid oxidation, lipogenesis, cholesterol metabolism, formate breakdown, hormone anabolism and phosphoglyceride metabolism. It is linked to mitochondrial localisation and to nitrate content. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to flavonoid and carotenoid content.