This review presents a broad overview of phosphorylation and signalling in plants. Much of the work of my group in plants focuses on understanding the mechanisms that regulate the production of carbon and nitrogen metabolites in leaves; in this review, I will discuss nitrate, which is one of the most important of these inorganic nutrients. I also detail how protein phosphorylation in plant cells is altered in response to the presence of reactive oxygen species.

Keywords:
nitrate, plant metabolism, protein phosphorylation, photosynthesis, reactive oxygen species (ROS), sucrose phosphate synthase (SPS)
© 2007 The Biochemical Society
2007
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