Education
Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Carleton University, 1984
Current position
Professor and Queen’s Research Chair, Department of Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Lab Website
http://post.queensu.ca/~plaxton/
Publications (since 2005)
Peer Reviewed Journals Articles
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Shane, M. W., Fedosejevs, E. T. and Plaxton, W. C. (2013). Reciprocal control of anaplerotic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase by in vivo monoubiquitination and phosphorylation in developing proteoid roots of phosphate-deficient harsh hakea. Plant Physiol 161(4): 1634-1644.
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Robinson, W. D., Park, J., Tran, H. T., Del Vecchio, H. A., Ying, S., Zins, J. L., Patel, K., McKnight, T. D. and Plaxton, W. C. (2012). The secreted purple acid phosphatase isozymes AtPAP12 and AtPAP26 play a pivotal role in extracellular phosphate-scavenging by Arabidopsis thaliana. J Exp Bot 63(18): 6531-6542.
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Robinson, W. D., Carson, I., Ying, S., Ellis, K. and Plaxton, W. C. (2012). Eliminating the purple acid phosphatase AtPAP26 in Arabidopsis thaliana delays leaf senescence and impairs phosphorus remobilization. New Phytol 196(4): 1024-1029.
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Park, J., Khuu, N., Howard, A. S., Mullen, R. T. and Plaxton, W. C. (2012). Bacterial- and plant-type phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase isozymes from developing castor oil seeds interact in vivo and associate with the surface of mitochondria. Plant J 71(2): 251-262.
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Dalziel, K. J., O'Leary, B., Brikis, C., Rao, S. K., She, Y. M., Cyr, T. and Plaxton, W. C. (2012). The bacterial-type phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase isozyme from developing castor oil seeds is subject to in vivo regulatory phosphorylation at serine-451. FEBS Lett 586(7): 1049-1054.
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O'Leary, B., Fedosejevs, E. T., Hill, A. T., Bettridge, J., Park, J., Rao, S. K., Leach, C. A. and Plaxton, W. C. (2011). Tissue-specific expression and post-translational modifications of plant- and bacterial-type phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase isozymes of the castor oil plant, Ricinus communis L. J Exp Bot 62(15): 5485-5495.
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O'Leary, B., Rao, S. K. and Plaxton, W. C. (2011). Phosphorylation of bacterial-type phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase at Ser425 provides a further tier of enzyme control in developing castor oil seeds. Biochem J 433(1): 65-74.
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Tran, H. T., Qian, W., Hurley, B. A., She, Y. M., Wang, D. and Plaxton, W. C. (2010). Biochemical and molecular characterization of AtPAP12 and AtPAP26: the predominant purple acid phosphatase isozymes secreted by phosphate-starved Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Environ 33(11): 1789-1803.
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Hurley, B. A., Tran, H. T., Marty, N. J., Park, J., Snedden, W. A., Mullen, R. T. and Plaxton, W. C. (2010). The dual-targeted purple acid phosphatase isozyme AtPAP26 is essential for efficient acclimation of Arabidopsis to nutritional phosphate deprivation. Plant Physiol 153(3): 1112-1122.
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O'Leary, B., Rao, S. K., Kim, J. and Plaxton, W. C. (2009). Bacterial-type phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) functions as a catalytic and regulatory subunit of the novel class-2 PEPC complex of vascular plants. J Biol Chem 284(37): 24797-24805.
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Gregory, A. L., Hurley, B. A., Tran, H. T., Valentine, A. J., She, Y. M., Knowles, V. L. and Plaxton, W. C. (2009). In vivo regulatory phosphorylation of the phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase AtPPC1 in phosphate-starved Arabidopsis thaliana. Biochem J 420(1): 57-65.
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Uhrig, R. G., She, Y. M., Leach, C. A. and Plaxton, W. C. (2008). Regulatory monoubiquitination of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase in germinating castor oil seeds. J Biol Chem 283(44): 29650-29657.
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Tran, H. T. and Plaxton, W. C. (2008). Proteomic analysis of alterations in the secretome of Arabidopsis thaliana suspension cells subjected to nutritional phosphate deficiency. Proteomics 8(20): 4317-4326.
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Uhrig, R. G., O'Leary, B., Spang, H. E., MacDonald, J. A., She, Y. M. and Plaxton, W. C. (2008). Coimmunopurification of phosphorylated bacterial- and plant-type phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylases with the plastidial pyruvate dehydrogenase complex from developing castor oil seeds. Plant Physiol 146(3): 1346-1357.
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Gennidakis, S., Rao, S., Greenham, K., Uhrig, R. G., O'Leary, B., Snedden, W. A., Lu, C. and Plaxton, W. C. (2007). Bacterial- and plant-type phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase polypeptides interact in the hetero-oligomeric Class-2 PEPC complex of developing castor oil seeds. Plant J 52(5): 839-849.
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Murmu, J. and Plaxton, W. C. (2007). Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase protein kinase from developing castor oil seeds: partial purification, characterization, and reversible control by photosynthate supply. Planta 226(5): 1299-1310.
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Martin, M., Plaxton, W. C. and Podestá, F. E. (2007). Activity and concentration of non‐proteolyzed phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase in the endosperm of germinating castor oil seeds: effects of anoxia on its activity. Physiologia Plantarum 130(4): 484-494.
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Bozzo, G. G., Dunn, E. L. and Plaxton, W. C. (2006). Differential synthesis of phosphate-starvation inducible purple acid phosphatase isozymes in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) suspension cells and seedlings. Plant Cell Environ 29(2): 303-313.
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Veljanovski, V., Vanderbeld, B., Knowles, V. L., Snedden, W. A. and Plaxton, W. C. (2006). Biochemical and molecular characterization of AtPAP26, a vacuolar purple acid phosphatase up-regulated in phosphate-deprived Arabidopsis suspension cells and seedlings. Plant Physiol 142(3): 1282-1293.
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Crowley, V., Gennidakis, S. and Plaxton, W. C. (2005). In vitro proteolysis of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase from developing castor oil seeds by an endogenous thiol endopeptidase. Plant Cell Physiol 46(11): 1855-1862.
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Tripodi, K. E., Turner, W. L., Gennidakis, S. and Plaxton, W. C. (2005). In vivo regulatory phosphorylation of novel phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase isoforms in endosperm of developing castor oil seeds. Plant Physiol 139(2): 969-978.
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Turner, W. L., Knowles, V. L. and Plaxton, W. C. (2005). Cytosolic pyruvate kinase: subunit composition, activity, and amount in developing castor and soybean seeds, and biochemical characterization of the purified castor seed enzyme. Planta 222(6): 1051-1062.
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Weese, B. B. and Plaxton, W. C. (2005). Purification and characterization of a homodimeric enolase from the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 6301. Journal of Phycology 41(3): 515-522.
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Lal, A., Plaxton, W. C. and Kayastha, A. M. (2005). Purification and characterization of an allosteric fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase from germinating mung beans (Vigna radiata). Phytochemistry 66(9): 968-974.
Peer-reviewed Books and Chapters
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Plaxton, W.C., O'Leary, B. (2013). The Central Role of Phosphoenolpyruvate Metabolism in Developing Oil Seeds. Chpt. 15 of SEED DEVELOPMENT. OMICS Technologies Toward Improvement of Seed Quality and Crop Yield. (GK Agrawal & R Rakwal; Eds). Publisher: Springer.
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Veneklass, E.J., Lambers, H., Bragg, J., Finnegan, P.M., Lovelock, C.E., Plaxton, W.C., Price, C., Scheible, W-R., Shane, M.W., White, P.J., Raven, J.A. (2012). Opportunities for improving phosphorus-use efficiency in crop plants (a Tansley Review). New Phytologist 195(2): 306-320.
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Plaxton, W. C. and Tran, H. T. (2011). Metabolic adaptations of phosphate-starved plants. Plant Physiol 156(3): 1006-1015.
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O'Leary, B., Park, J. and Plaxton, W. C. (2011). The remarkable diversity of plant PEPC (phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase): recent insights into the physiological functions and post-translational controls of non-photosynthetic PEPCs. Biochem J 436(1): 15-34.
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Tran, H. T., Hurley, B. A. and Plaxton, W. C. (2010). Feeding hungry plants: the role of purple acid phosphatases in phosphate nutrition. Plant Science 179(1): 14-27.
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Plaxton, W. C. (2010). Metabolic Flexibility Helps Plants to Survive Stress. Updated Web-essay for a web-site (http://5e.plantphys.net/) that supplements the 5th Edition of “Plant Physiology” (Taiz & Zeigler). My Web-essay augments Chapter 11 ('Respiration') of this widely used undergraduate textbook.
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Bozzo, G.G. and Plaxton, W.C. (2008). The Role of Intracellular and Secreted Purple Acid Phosphatases in Tomato Phosphate Nutrition. In: Tomatoes and tomato products: Nutritional, medicinal and therapeutic properties. (V Preedy & R Watson, eds), Science Publishers, Chpt. 10, pp. 215-234.
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Plaxton, W.C. and Podestà, F.E. (2006). The functional organization and control of plant respiration. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 25(2): 159-198
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Plaxton, W.C. (2006). Metabolic Flexibility Helps Plants to Survive Stress. Updated Web-essay for a web-site (http://www.plantphys.net/article.php?ch=e&id=124) that supplements the 4th Edition of “Plant Physiology” (Taiz & Zeigler). My Web-essay (14 pgs & 3 figs) augments Chapter 11 ('Respiration') of this widely used undergraduate textbook.
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Tripodi, K.E. and Plaxton, W.C. (2005). In vivo regulatory phosphorylation of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase in developing castor oil seeds. In: “Photosynthesis: Fundamental Aspects to Global Perspectives” (A van der Est & D Bruce, eds); pp. 915-918.
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Plaxton, W.C. (2004). Principles of Metabolic Control. In: “Functional Metabolism of Cells: Control, Regulation, and Adaptation” (KB Storey, ed). John Wiley & Sons, Inc., N.Y. pp 1-24.
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Plaxton, W.C. (2004). Biochemical Adaptations of Phosphate Starved Plants. In: “Encyclopedia of Plant & Crop Science” (R Goodman, ed), Marcel Dekker, N.Y. pp. 976-980.
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Plaxton, W.C. (2002). Metabolic Flexibility Helps Plants to Survive Stress. Web-essay for a web-site (http://www.plantphys.net/article.php?ch=e&id=124) that supplements the 3rd Edition of “Plant Physiology” (Taiz & Zeigler). My Web-essay (12 pgs & 3 figs) occurs in Chapter 11 ('Respiration') of this undergraduate textbook.
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McDonald, A.E., Grant, B.R., Plaxton, W.C. (2001). Phosphite (phosphorous acid): Its relevance in the environment and agriculture, and influence on the plant phosphate starvation response. Journal of Plant Nutrition 24(10):1505-1519.
Books Edited
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Plaxton, W.C. and McManus, M.T. (co-editors) (2006). Control of Primary Metabolism in Plants. Annual Plant Reviews, Volume 22 (13 chapters), Blackwell Publishing, U.K.
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