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Theanine transporters are involved in nitrogen deficiency response in tea plant (
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- The dual fate of L-theanine in tea: Metabolic regulation and processing transformations.Journal of advanced research · 2026Review
- Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals stress-response pathways as key drivers of nitrogen use efficiency in tobacco under low-nitrogen conditions.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- Coordinated regulation of amino acid metabolism and transport in cereal nitrogen remobilization for grain filling.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Review
- Harnessing Photosynthetic ATP for Whole-Cell Biocatalysis in the CyanobacteriumACS sustainable chemistry & engineering · 2025Article
- Concentration-Dependent N-P Interactions Cause Organ-Specific Responses and Nutrient Allocation in Poplar Seedlings.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- L-Theanine Metabolism in Tea Plants: Biological Functions and Stress Tolerance Mechanisms.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- CsMYB73 negatively regulates theanine accumulation mediated byHorticulture research · 2024Article
- Nitrogen transport and assimilation in tea plant (Frontiers in plant science · 2023Review
- Reasonable deep application of sheep manure fertilizer to alleviate soil acidification to improve tea yield and quality.Frontiers in plant science · 2023Article
- The tea plant CsLHT1 and CsLHT6 transporters take up amino acids, as a nitrogen source, from the soil of organic tea plantations.Horticulture research · 2021Article
- Physiological and Transcriptomic Responses to Nitrogen Deficiency inFrontiers in plant science · 2021Article
- Tonoplast-Localized Theanine Transporter CsCAT2 May Mediate Theanine Storage in the Root of Tea Plants (Frontiers in plant science · 2021Article
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Abstract
Nitrogen in soil directly influences the production and quality of tea. However, high nitrogen application in tea plantation leads to soil acidification and environmental pollution. Studies in model plants showed that plasma membrane localized amino acid transporter can regulate the distribution of amino acids to enhance nitrogen use efficiency. Our recent study identified six CsAAPs as transporters for theanine, a unique and most abundant non-proteinaceous amino acid in tea plant. In this work, we found these theanine transporters can also transport Glutamine, Glutamate, aspartate, alanine and γ-aminobutyric acid. Tissue-specific expression analyses showed that
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