MePiVe
Primary metabolism and Metabolic Engineering of Plants
Date of inception 19 May 2016
Leader: ROQUE LUIS ROS PALAU
Institut d' investigació: ERI Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BIOTECMED)
Website: http://www.uv.es/bioveg
The study of metabolism is emerging as a central area of plant biology due to the growing interest in topics such as increasing agricultural production, bioenergy, exploiting plant chemical biodiversity or obtaining phytonutrients. The manipulation of plant metabolism to achieve some of the above-mentioned applications requires, first of all, a precise knowledge of the functioning of metabolic pathways and the networks that connect them. Our research focuses on functionally characterising pathways of primary plant metabolism by combining metabolomics, bioinformatics, proethomics and genomics approaches. In addition, we try to elucidate the metabolic networks that connect the different pathways and how they interact with plant development. We are currently interested in the study of plastidial metabolic pathways, such as the glycolytic pathway or the phosphorylating pathway of serine biosynthesis.
Researchers
Former members (3)
- FLORES TORNERO, MARIA 20162016
- MUÑOZ BERTOMEU, JESUS 20162025
- ROSA TELLEZ, SARA VIRGINIA Contributor 20162019