ENOD93 a new mitochondrial regulator for nitrogen use efficiency in plants. How nitrogen assimilation and use is regulated inside plant cells is both a fundamental question in metabolism and biosynthe

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ENOD93 a new mitochondrial regulator for nitrogen use efficiency in plants. How nitrogen assimilation and use is regulated inside plant cells is both a fundamental question in metabolism and biosynthesis and an applied interest in agriculture due to the cost and need for nitrogen fertilizer during crop production. This project aims to better understand and improve nitrogen use efficiency using a gene family critical for nitrogen fixation in legumes and that enhances growth in rice by unknown means. We just discovered the protein it encodes regulates ATP synthesis in mitochondria via cytochrome oxidase. This mechanism offers a novel means to boost nitrogen use efficiency in plants and to explain the different capabilities of this gene family in influencing cellular energy production in different parts of plants.. Scheme: Discovery Projects. Field: 3108 - Plant Biology. Lead: Prof Andrew Millar