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. 1993 Feb;101(2):339–344. doi: 10.1104/pp.101.2.339

Metabolic Adaptations of Plant Respiration to Nutritional Phosphate Deprivation.

M E Theodorou 1, W C Plaxton 1
PMCID: PMC160576  PMID: 12231689

Abstract

Plants respond adaptively to orthophosphate (Pi) deprivation through the induction of alternative pathways of glycolysis and mitochondrial electron transport. These respiratory bypasses allow respiration to proceed in Pi-deficient plant cells because they negate the necessity for adenylates and Pi, both pools of which are severely depressed following nutritional Pi starvation.

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