Open AccessEnzyme Redundancy and the Importance of 2-Oxoglutarate in Higher Plant Ammonium Assimilation
Author(s) -
Muriel Lancien,
Pierre Gadal,
Michael Hodges
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
plant physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.554
H-Index - 312
eISSN - 1532-2548
pISSN - 0032-0889
DOI - 10.1104/pp.123.3.817
Subject(s) - assimilation (phonology) , ammonium , redundancy (engineering) , enzyme , chemistry , nitrogen assimilation , biochemistry , biology , computer science , organic chemistry , philosophy , linguistics , operating system
The assimilation of inorganic N, in the form of ammonia, onto C skeletons for the production of amino acids is one of the most important biochemical processes in plants. In an actively growing plant, N is taken up as nitrate and to a lesser extent as ammonia. Nitrate is reduced in the cytoplasm by
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