Figure 4.
Ammonium and nitrate absorption and assimilation related to carbon metabolism in a plant root cell. NR: Nitrate reductase; NiR: Nitrite reductase; GS: Glutamine synthetase; GOGAT: Glutamate synthase AMT: Ammonium transporter; NRT: Nitrate transporter: PEP: Phosphoenolpyruvate; PEPC: PEP carboxylase; and PK: Pyruvate kinase.