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The Importance of Organic Nitrogen Transport Processes for Plant Productivity and Nitrogen Use Efficiency

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Engineering Nitrogen Utilization in Crop Plants

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Amino acids and ureides are the main nitrogen transport forms in plants. This review discusses key transporters that control root nitrogen uptake, as well as root-to-shoot and leaf-to-seed partitioning of organic nitrogen. It further examines the importance of amino acid and ureide transporters for plant growth, seed production, and plant nitrogen use efficiency.

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Abbreviations

AAP:

Amino Acid Permease

AMT:

Ammonium Transporter

CAT:

Cationic Amino acid Transporter

DUR:

Degradation of urea (urea transporter)

LHT:

Lysine-Histidine-type Transporter

NRT:

Nitrate Transporter

PTR:

Peptide Transporter

NPF:

NRT1/PTR Family

ProT:

Proline Transporter

UmamiT:

Usually Multiple Acids Move In and out Transporter

UPS:

Ureide Permease

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M.T. acknowledges support from the US National Science Foundation (IOS-1457183) and the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) competitive award number 2017-67013-26158 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

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Tegeder, M., Perchlik, M. (2018). The Importance of Organic Nitrogen Transport Processes for Plant Productivity and Nitrogen Use Efficiency. In: Shrawat, A., Zayed, A., Lightfoot, D. (eds) Engineering Nitrogen Utilization in Crop Plants. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92958-3_13

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