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Metabolomics data reveal a crucial role of cytosolic glutamine synthetase 1;1 in coordinating metabolic balance in rice.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 May 2011
Kusano Miyako, Tabuchi Mayumi, Fukushima Atsushi, Funayama Kazuhiro, Diaz Céline, Kobayashi Makoto, Hayashi Naomi, Tsuchiya Yumiko N, Takahashi Hideki, Kamata Atsuko, Yamaya Tomoyuki, Saito Kazuki
Abstract excerpt
Rice plants grown in paddy fields preferentially use ammonium as a source of inorganic nitrogen. Glutamine synthetase (GS) catalyses the conversion of ammonium to glutamine. Of the three genes encoding cytosolic GS in rice, OsGS1;1 is critical for normal growth and grain filling. However, the basis of its physiological function that may alter the rate of nitrogen assimilation and carbon metabolism within the...
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