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. 1983 Mar;71(3):496–501. doi: 10.1104/pp.71.3.496

Ammonia Assimilation in the Roots of Nitrate- and Ammonia-Grown Hordeum Vulgare (cv Golden Promise)

P Anthony Fentem 1,2,3,1, Peter J Lea 1,2,3, George R Stewart 1,2,3
PMCID: PMC1066066  PMID: 16662855

Abstract

15N kinetic labeling studies were performed on seedlings of Hordeum vulgare L. var. Golden Promise growing under steady state conditions. Patterns of label incorporation in the pools of nitrogen compounds of roots fed [15N]ammonium were compared with computer-simulated labeling curves. The data were found to be quantitatively consistent with a three-compartment model in which ammonium is assimilated solely into the amide-N of glutamine. Labeling data from roots fed [15N]nitrate were also found to be at least qualitatively consistent with the assimilation of ammonia into glutamine. Methionine sulfoximine almost completely blocked the incorporation of 15N label into the amino acid pools of barley roots fed [15N]nitrate. These observations suggest that ammonia assimilation occurs solely via the glutamine synthetase/glutamate synthase pathway in both nitrate- and ammonia-grown barley roots.

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