H + -Independent Glutamine Transport in Plant Root Tips
Huaiyu Yang, Martin Bogner, York-Dieter Stierhof et al. · 2010
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Huaiyu Yang, Martin Bogner, York-Dieter Stierhof, and colleagues built a glowing sensor for a key plant food in root tips. Their study appeared in PLOS ONE in 2010. Glutamine is a main carrier of nitrogen inside plants. It is often the most abundant amino acid in roots. Watching it move in living tissue was not possible before. A genetically encoded fluorescent reporter changed that. The sensor glows differently as glutamine levels shift.
With the reporter in Arabidopsis roots, transport could be watched live. Uptake at root tips proceeded without the proton help many expected. A new window on nitrogen feeding opens for plant science. Better nitrogen use means less fertilizer waste.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Huaiyu Yang, Martin Bogner, York-Dieter Stierhof et al. |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2010 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44 KB |
| LICENSE | Creative Commons Attribution License |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | PLOS ONE |
Source: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0008917