PEPc-mediated CO2 assimilation provides carbons to gluconeogenesis and the TCA cycle in both dark-exposed and illuminated guard cells
Valéria F. Lima1, David B. Medeiros2, Silvio A. Cândido-Sobrinho1, Francisco Bruno S. Freire1, Nicole P. Porto1, Alexander Erban2, Joachim Kopka2, Markus Schwarzländer3, Alisdair R. Fernie2, Danilo M. Daloso1*
1 LabPlant, Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Ceará, 60451-970, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil.
2 Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany.
3 Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48143 Münster, Germany.
*Corresponding author: daloso@ufc.br
Running head: Unveiling the dark side of guard cell metabolism