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Nitrate Acts as a Signal to Induce Organic Acid Metabolism and Repress Starch Metabolism in Tobacco.

W. R. Scheible, A. Gonzalez-Fontes, M. Lauerer, B. Muller-Rober, M. Caboche, M. Stitt
W. R. Scheible
Botanisches Institut der Universitat Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 360, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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A. Gonzalez-Fontes
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M. Lauerer
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Botanisches Institut der Universitat Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 360, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Published May 1997. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.9.5.783

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Nia30(145) transformants with very low nitrate reductase activity provide an in vivo screen to identify processes that are regulated by nitrate. Nia30(145) resembles nitrate-limited wild-type plants with respect to growth rate and protein and amino acid content but accumulates large amounts of nitrate when it is grown on high nitrate. The transcripts for nitrate reductase (NR), nitrite reductase, cytosolic glutamine synthetase, and glutamate synthase increased; NR and nitrite reductase activity increased in leaves and roots; and glutamine synthetase activity increased in roots. The transcripts for phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase, cytosolic pyruvate kinase, citrate synthase, and NADP-isocitrate dehydrogenase increased; phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase activity increased; and malate, citrate, isocitrate, and [alpha]-oxoglutarate accumulated in leaves and roots. There was a decrease of the ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase transcript and activity, and starch decreased in the leaves and roots. After adding 12 mM nitrate to nitrate-limited Nia30(145), the transcripts for NR and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase increased, and the transcripts for ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase decreased within 2 and 4 hr, respectively. Starch was remobilized at almost the same rate as in wild-type plants, even though growth was not stimulated in Nia30(145). It is proposed that nitrate acts as a signal to initiate coordinated changes in carbon and nitrogen metabolism.

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Nitrate Acts as a Signal to Induce Organic Acid Metabolism and Repress Starch Metabolism in Tobacco.
W. R. Scheible, A. Gonzalez-Fontes, M. Lauerer, B. Muller-Rober, M. Caboche, M. Stitt
The Plant Cell May 1997, 9 (5) 783-798; DOI: 10.1105/tpc.9.5.783

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Nitrate Acts as a Signal to Induce Organic Acid Metabolism and Repress Starch Metabolism in Tobacco.
W. R. Scheible, A. Gonzalez-Fontes, M. Lauerer, B. Muller-Rober, M. Caboche, M. Stitt
The Plant Cell May 1997, 9 (5) 783-798; DOI: 10.1105/tpc.9.5.783
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