Adaptive potential of protein and amino acid metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana (A13#)

• Subject Area: Plant Biochemistry and Biophysics
• Term: since 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 456082119

Proteins and amino acids perform diverse functions in plant cells ranging from structure and metabolism to energy transformation and signaling. They also require a major investment of resources. This project will investigate how genetic control of protein and amino acid metabolic plasticity affects plant performance under changing environmental conditions. The long-term goal is to understand, which parameters of plant protein metabolism contribute to an optimized balance between growth and stress resilience during adaptation to diverse environments and to link genes to these traits.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 341: Plant Ecological Genetics
• Applicant Institution: Universität zu Köln
• Project Head: Professorin Dr. Tatjana Hildebrandt, since 1/2024