Nature Communications (Jan 2022)

Phloem iron remodels root development in response to ammonium as the major nitrogen source

  • Xing Xing Liu,
  • Hai Hua Zhang,
  • Qing Yang Zhu,
  • Jia Yuan Ye,
  • Ya Xin Zhu,
  • Xiang Ting Jing,
  • Wen Xin Du,
  • Miao Zhou,
  • Xian Yong Lin,
  • Shao Jian Zheng,
  • Chong Wei Jin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28261-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Ammonium affects plant root development through different mechanisms than nitrate. Here, the authors show that the Arabidopsis cell wall-localized ferroxidase LPR2 is required to attenuate root growth in response to ammonium.