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Content of Genetic Engineering of Amino Acid Metabolism in Plants

»	Abstract & Keywords
»	Introduction
»	Glutamine, Glutamate, Aspartate, and Asparagine are Central Regulators of Nitrogen Assimilation, Metabolism, and Transport
		»	GS: A highly regulated, multifunctional gene family
		»	Role of the ferredoxin- and NADH-dependent GOGAT isozymes in plant glutamate biosynthesis
		»	Glutamate dehydrogenase: An enzyme with controversial functions in plants
		»	The network of amide amino acids metabolism is regulated in concert by developmental, physiological, environmental, metabolic, and stress-derived signals
»	The Aspartate Family Pathway that is Responsible for Synthesis of the Essential Amino Acids Lysine, Threonine, Methionine, and Isoleucine
		»	The aspartate family pathway is regulated by several feedback inhibition loops
		»	Metabolic fluxes of the aspartate family pathway are regulated by developmental, physiological, and environmental signals
		»	Metabolic interactions between AAAM and the aspartate family pathway
		»	Metabolism of the aspartate family amino acids in developing seeds: A balance between synthesis and catabolism
»	Regulation of Methionine Biosynthesis
		»	Regulatory role of CGS in methionine biosynthesis
		»	Interrelationships between threonine and methionine biosynthesis
»	Engineering Amino Acid Metabolism to Improve the Nutritional Quality of Plants for Nonruminants and Ruminants
»	Future Prospects
»	Summary
»	Acknowledgements
»	References

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