Energy sensors: emerging regulators of symbiotic nitrogen fixation

Xiaolong Ke; Xuelu Wang

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2024.01.010

Energy sensors: emerging regulators of symbiotic nitrogen fixation

Trends Plant Sci. 2024 Feb 23:S1360-1385(24)00027-X. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.01.010. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Xiaolong Ke¹, Xuelu Wang²

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Zhengzhou 450046, China; Sanya Institute of Henan University, Sanya 572025, Hainan, China; The Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Henan University, Zhengzhou 450046, Henan, China.
² State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Zhengzhou 450046, China; Sanya Institute of Henan University, Sanya 572025, Hainan, China; The Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Henan University, Zhengzhou 450046, Henan, China. Electronic address: xueluw@henu.edu.cn.

PMID: 38402014
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.01.010

Abstract

Legume-rhizobium symbiotic nitrogen fixation is a highly energy-consuming process. Recent studies demonstrate that nodule-specific energy sensors play important roles in modulating nodule nitrogen fixation capacity. This opens a new field in the energy regulation of symbiotic nitrogen fixation that can provide insights into designing leguminous crops with efficient nitrogen fixation.

Keywords: CDCP; carbon regulation; energy sensor; nitrogen fixation capacity; symbiotic nitrogen fixation.