Plant nutrition: An architect of nitrate-hunger cues

Lee Marie Raytek; Mehran Dastmalchi

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2022.10.055

Plant nutrition: An architect of nitrate-hunger cues

Curr Biol. 2022 Dec 5;32(23):R1320-R1323. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.10.055.

Authors

Lee Marie Raytek¹, Mehran Dastmalchi²

Affiliations

¹ Plant Science, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, H9X 3V9, Canada.
² Plant Science, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, H9X 3V9, Canada. Electronic address: mehran.dastmalchi@mcgill.ca.

PMID: 36473445
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.10.055

Abstract

Nitrate perception and uptake are critical for plant well-being. A known actor in nitrate signaling, the transcription factor NLP7, has now been reported to have a new role: as a nitrate sensor. The latter function has been characterized and exploited to generate a fluorescent nitrate biosensor.

MeSH terms

Nitrates*

Substances

Nitrates