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ArticleJournal of experimental botany2014

Exploring ammonium tolerance in a large panel of Arabidopsis thaliana natural accessions.

Asier Sarasketa, María Begoña González-Moro, Carmen González-Murua, Daniel Marino

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Asier SarasketaDepartment of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Apdo. 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain.
María Begoña González-MoroDepartment of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Apdo. 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain.
Carmen González-MuruaDepartment of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Apdo. 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain.
Daniel MarinoDepartment of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Apdo. 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, E-48011 Bilbao, Spain daniel.marino@ehu.es.

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Abstract

Plants are dependent on exogenous nitrogen (N) supply. Ammonium (NH₄(+)), together with nitrate (NO₃(-)), is one of the main nitrogenous compounds available in the soil. Paradoxically, although NH4 (+) assimilation requires less energy than that of NO₃(-), many plants display toxicity symptoms when grown with NH₄(+) as the sole N source. However, in addition to species-specific ammonium toxicity, intraspecific variability has also been shown. Thus, the aim of this work was to study the intraspecific ammonium tolerance in a large panel of Arabidopsis thaliana natural accessions. Plants were grown with either 1mM NO₃(-) or NH₄(+) as the N source, and several parameters related to ammonium tolerance and assimilation were determined. Overall, high variability was observed in A. thaliana shoot growth under both forms of N nutrition. From the parameters determined, tissue ammonium content was the one with the highest impact on shoot biomass, and interestingly this was also the case when N was supplied as NO₃(-). Enzymes of nitrogen assimilation did not have an impact on A. thaliana biomass variation, but the N source affected their activity. Glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) aminating activity was, in general, higher in NH4 (+)-fed plants. In contrast, GDH deaminating activity was higher in NO₃(-)-fed plants, suggesting a differential role for this enzyme as a function of the N form supplied. Overall, NH4 (+) accumulation seems to be an important player in Arabidopsis natural variability in ammonium tolerance rather than the cell NH₄(+) assimilation capacity.

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Genetic VariationAmmonium CompoundsArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsGlutamate-Ammonia LigaseGlutamate DehydrogenaseNitratesNitrogenPlant ShootsAmmonium CompoundsArabidopsis ProteinsGlutamate-Ammonia LigaseGlutamate DehydrogenaseNitratesNitrogenAmmoniumArabidopsis thalianaglutamate dehydrogenaseglutamine synthetasenatural variationnitratenitrogen.

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