The isolation and characterisation of photorespiratory mutants of barley Hordeum vulgare . B.J. Miflin, J.C. Turner and R.M. Wallsgrove. Using this system Somerville and his colleagues identified seven different nuclear mutations in Arabidopsis thaliana . The mutant is unable to transport 2-oxoglutarate in to the chloroplast and is similar to that described in A . We initially suggested that the mutation was in the Cat 3 gene, but following the data of Tsaftaris et al.
Leaves accumulate glutamine, malate and ammonia when they are exposed to air.
All three mutations appear to involve a single recessive nuclear gene. P.J. Lea, P. Arruda, N.P. Hall, A.C. Kendall, A.J. Keys, J.S.H. Kueh, M.L. Parker, S.E. Rognes, T.C. Turner, R.M. Wallsgrove and B.J. Miflin. 1984. Manipulation of key pathways in photorespiration and amino acid metabolism by mutation and selection. Oxford University Press, Oxford. A.J. Keys, J.C. Turner, P.J. Lea and B.J. Miflin.