Is plastidic glutamine synthetase essential for C 3 plants? A tale of photorespiratory mutants, ammonium tolerance and conifers

A revised view on the evolution of glutamine synthetase isoenzymes in plants

(2022) José Miguel Valderrama‐Martín et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Ammonium supply induces differential metabolic adaptative responses in tomato according to leaf phenological stage

(2021) Théo Poucet et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Transport Proteins Enabling Plant Photorespiratory Metabolism

(2021) Franziska Kuhnert et al.   Plants-Basel

Photorespiration: The Futile Cycle?

(2021) Xiaoxiao Shi et al.   Plants-Basel

Opinion: A “more ammonium solution” to mitigate nitrogen pollution and boost crop yields

(2021) G. V. Subbarao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Excessive ammonium assimilation by plastidic glutamine synthetase causes ammonium toxicity in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2021) Takushi Hachiya et al.   Nature Communications

Impacts of environmental conditions, and allelic variation of cytosolic glutamine synthetase on maize hybrid kernel production

(2021) Nardjis Amiour et al.   Communications Biology

Alternative pathway to photorespiration protects growth and productivity at elevated temperatures in a model crop

(2021) Amanda P. Cavanagh et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Towards identification of molecular mechanism in which the overexpression of wheat cytosolic and plastid glutamine synthetases in tobacco enhanced drought tolerance

(2020) Haidong Yu et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Mature conifers assimilate nitrate as efficiently as ammonium from soils in four forest plantations

(2020) Xulun Zhou et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Engineering a New Chloroplastic Photorespiratory Bypass to Increase Photosynthetic Efficiency and Productivity in Rice

(2019) Bo-Ran Shen et al.   Molecular Plant

Can Ammonium Stress Be Positive for Plant Performance?

(2019) Daniel Marino et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Arabidopsis thaliana mutants devoid of chloroplast glutamine synthetase (GS2) have non-lethal phenotype under photorespiratory conditions

(2019) Sónia Ferreira et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Transgenic expression of plastidic glutamine synthetase increases nitrogen uptake and yield in wheat

(2018) Mengyun Hu et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Concurrent Overexpression of OsGS1;1 and OsGS2 Genes in Transgenic Rice (Oryza sativa L.): Impact on Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses

(2018) Donald James et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Nitrogen Supply and Leaf Age Affect the Expression of TaGS1 or TaGS2 Driven by a Constitutive Promoter in Transgenic Tobacco

(2018) Yihao Wei et al.   Genes

Land plants drive photorespiration as higher electron-sink: comparative study of post-illumination transient O2 -uptake rates from liverworts to angiosperms through ferns and gymnosperms

(2017) Hitomi Hanawa et al.   PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM

The Costs of Photorespiration to Food Production Now and in the Future

(2016) Berkley J. Walker et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Manipulating photorespiration to increase plant productivity: recent advances and perspectives for crop improvement

(2016) Marco Betti et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Cytosolic Glutamine Synthetase Gln1;2 Is the Main Isozyme Contributing to GS1 Activity and Can Be Up-Regulated to Relieve Ammonium Toxicity

(2016) Miao Guan et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

NADH-dependent glutamate synthase plays a crucial role in assimilating ammonium in the Arabidopsis root

(2014) Noriyuki Konishi et al.   PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM

Cytosolic glutamine synthetase: a target for improvement of crop nitrogen use efficiency?

(2014) Hanne C. Thomsen et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Characterization of a glutamine synthetase gene DvGS2 from Dunaliella viridis and biochemical identification of DvGS2-transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana

(2013) Chenguang Zhu et al.   GENE

Overexpression of Arabidopsis Dof1, GS1 and GS2 Enhanced Nitrogen Assimilation in Transgenic Tobacco Grown Under Low-Nitrogen Conditions

(2013) Yilin Wang et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTER

Metabolomics data reveal a crucial role of cytosolic glutamine synthetase 1;1 in coordinating metabolic balance in rice

(2011) Miyako Kusano et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Co-suppressed glutamine synthetase2 gene modifies nitrogen metabolism and plant growth in rice

(2010) HongMei Cai et al.   CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN

Deficiency in plastidic glutamine synthetase alters proline metabolism and transcriptomic response in Lotus japonicus under drought stress

(2010) Pedro Díaz et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The importance of cytosolic glutamine synthetase in nitrogen assimilation and recycling

(2009) Stéphanie M. Bernard et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST