Nitrate transporters in plants: structure, function and regulation

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Forde, B. G. 2000. Nitrate transporters in plants: structure, function and regulation. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1465 (1-2), pp. 219-235. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0005-2736(00)00140-1

AuthorsForde, B. G.
Abstract

Physiological studies have established that plants acquire their NO−3 from the soil through the combined activities of a set of high- and low-affinity NO−3 transport systems, with the influx of NO−3 being driven by the H+ gradient across the plasma membrane. Some of these NO−3 transport systems are constitutively expressed, while others are NO−3-inducible and subject to negative feedback regulation by the products of NO−3 assimilation. Here we review recent progress in the characterisation of the two families of NO−3 transporters that have so far been identified in plants, their structure and their regulation, and consider the evidence for their roles in NO−3 acquisition. We also discuss what is currently known about the genetic basis of NO−3 induction and feedback repression of the NO−3 transport and assimilatory pathway in higher plants.

KeywordsNitrate transporter; Major facilitator superfamily; Nitrogen regulation
Year of Publication2000
JournalBiochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes
Journal citation1465 (1-2), pp. 219-235
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1016/S0005-2736(00)00140-1
Open accessPublished as bronze (free) open access
Funder project or code442
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Output statusPublished
Publication dates
Online30 Mar 2000
Publication process dates
Accepted22 Dec 1999
PublisherElsevier
ISSN00052736

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