Excessive assimilation of ammonium by plastidic glutamine synthetase is a major cause of ammonium toxicity in Arabidopsis thaliana
T. Hachiya, J. Inaba, M. Wakazaki, M. Sato, K. Toyooka, A. Miyagi, M. Kawai-Yamada, T. Kiba, A. Gojon, H. Sakakibara
This study identifies plastidic glutamine synthetase 2 (GLN2) as the primary cause of ammonium toxicity in Arabidopsis thaliana by inducing shoot acidity.
bioRxiv · Sep 10, 2019Plant Biology