How and why does tomato accumulate a large amount of GABA in the fruit?

Reduced levels of NADH-dependent glutamate dehydrogenase decrease the glutamate content of ripe tomato fruit but have no effect on green fruit or leaves

(2015) Gisela Ferraro et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Tomato Glutamate Decarboxylase GenesSlGAD2andSlGAD3Play Key Roles in Regulating γ-Aminobutyric Acid Levels in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

(2015) Mariko Takayama et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

A tonoplast Glu/Asp/GABA exchanger that affects tomato fruit amino acid composition

(2015) Christopher J. Snowden et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Connecting Proline and γ-Aminobutyric Acid in Stressed Plants through Non-Enzymatic Reactions

(2015) Santiago Signorelli et al.   PLoS One

Virus-induced gene silencing reveals control of reactive oxygen species accumulation and salt tolerance in tomato byγ-aminobutyric acid metabolic pathway

(2014) HEXIGEDULENG BAO et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Concurrent overactivation of the cytosolic glutamine synthetase and the GABA shunt in the ABA-deficientsitiensmutant of tomato leads to resistance againstBotrytis cinerea

(2013) Hamed Soren Seifi et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Suppression of γ-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) Transaminases Induces Prominent GABA Accumulation, Dwarfism and Infertility in the Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)

(2013) Satoshi Koike et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

GABA shunt and polyamine degradation pathway on γ-aminobutyric acid accumulation in germinating fava bean (Vicia faba L.) under hypoxia

(2012) Runqiang Yang et al.   FOOD CHEMISTRY

Differential subcellular localization, enzymatic properties and expression patterns of γ-aminobutyric acid transaminases (GABA-Ts) in rice (Oryza sativa)

(2012) Yasuka Shimajiri et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Hypothesis/review: Contribution of putrescine to 4-aminobutyrate (GABA) production in response to abiotic stress

(2012) Barry J. Shelp et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Catabolism of GABA in apple fruit: Subcellular localization and biochemical characterization of two γ-aminobutyrate transaminases

(2012) Christopher P. Trobacher et al.   POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY

Accumulation Mechanism of γ-Aminobutyric Acid in Tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum L.) under Low O2 with and without CO2

(2011) Nobukazu Mae et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Succinic Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase is Involved in the Robust Patterning of Arabidopsis Leaves along the Adaxial–Abaxial Axis

(2011) Koichi Toyokura et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

GABA Accumulation Causes Cell Elongation Defects and a Decrease in Expression of Genes Encoding Secreted and Cell Wall-Related Proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2011) Hugues Renault et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Systems Biology of Tomato Fruit Development: Combined Transcript, Protein, and Metabolite Analysis of Tomato Transcription Factor ( nor, rin ) and Ethylene Receptor ( Nr ) Mutants Reveals Novel Regulatory Interactions

(2011) Sonia Osorio et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Metabolic Alterations in Organic Acids and γ-Aminobutyric Acid in Developing Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Fruits

(2010) Yong-Gen Yin et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Enzyme Activity Profiles during Fruit Development in Tomato Cultivars and Solanum pennellii

(2010) M. C. Steinhauser et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) metabolism in CO2 treated tomatoes

(2010) Rujira Deewatthanawong et al.   POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY

Free amino acid production during tomato fruit ripening: a focus on l-glutamate

(2009) Augusto Sorrequieta et al.   AMINO ACIDS

Subcellular localization and expression of multiple tomato γ-aminobutyrate transaminases that utilize both pyruvate and glyoxylate

(2009) Shawn M. Clark et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Biochemical characterization, mitochondrial localization, expression, and potential functions for an Arabidopsis γ-aminobutyrate transaminase that utilizes both pyruvate and glyoxylate

(2009) Shawn M. Clark et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

A Common Structural Basis for pH- and Calmodulin-mediated Regulation in Plant Glutamate Decarboxylase

(2009) Heinz Gut et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Identification and characterization of a plastid-localized Arabidopsis glyoxylate reductase isoform: comparison with a cytosolic isoform and implications for cellular redox homeostasis and aldehyde detoxification

(2008) Jeffrey P. Simpson et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

 -Hydroxybutyrate accumulation in Arabidopsis and tobacco plants is a general response to abiotic stress: putative regulation by redox balance and glyoxylate reductase isoforms

(2008) W. L. Allan et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Biochemical Mechanism on GABA Accumulation During Fruit Development in Tomato

(2008) Takashi Akihiro et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Mutants of GABA Transaminase (POP2) Suppress the Severe Phenotype of succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase (ssadh) Mutants in Arabidopsis

(2008) Frank Ludewig et al.   PLoS One

Highway or byway: the metabolic role of the GABA shunt in plants

(2007) Aaron Fait et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE