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Phosphate in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis: transport properties and regulatory roles
Author(s) -
JAVOT HÉLÈNE,
PUMPLIN NATHAN,
HARRISON MARIA J.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
plant, cell and environment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.646
H-Index - 200
eISSN - 1365-3040
pISSN - 0140-7791
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2006.01617.x
Subject(s) - symbiosis , phosphate , biology , fungus , arbuscular mycorrhizal , nutrient , plant roots , mycorrhizal fungi , colonization , glomeromycota , botany , ecology , biochemistry , bacteria , genetics , immunology , inoculation
In response to the colonization by arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, plants reprioritize their phosphate (Pi)‐uptake strategies to take advantage of nutrient transfer via the fungus. The mechanisms underlying Pi transport are beginning to be understood, and recently, details of the regulation of plant and fungal Pi transporters in the AM symbiosis have been revealed. This review summarizes recent advances in this area and explores current data and hypotheses of how the plant Pi status affects the symbiosis. Finally, suggestions of an interrelationship of Pi and nitrogen (N) in the AM symbiosis are discussed.