Nitrate reductase biochemistry comes of age.

WH Campbell - Plant Physiology, 1996 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
NR (EC 1.6. 6.1-3) was first isolated and characterized more than 40 years ago, and each
decade of study of this key enzyme of nitrate assimilation has been associated with a new …

Posttranslational regulation of nitrate reductase in higher plants.

WM Kaiser, SC Huber - Plant Physiology, 1994 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In many plants, nitrogen represents 2 to 6% of dry matter, most of it being present in the form
of amino acids, proteins, or nucleic acids. In these organic compounds, nitrogen exists in its …

Identification and characterization of a chlorate-resistant mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana with mutations in both nitrate reductase structural genes NIA1 and NIA2

JQ Wilkinson, NM Crawford - Molecular and General Genetics MGG, 1993 - Springer
Mutant plants defective in the assimilation of nitrate can be selected by their resistance to the
herbicide chlorate. In Arabidopsis thaliana, mutations at any one of nine distinct loci confer …

Transcriptional regulation of the nitrate reductase gene in Chlorella vulgaris: identification of regulatory elements controlling expression

AC Cannons, SD Shiflett - Current genetics, 2001 - Springer
Nitrate reductase (NR), the rate-limiting and primary control point of the nitrate assimilation
pathway, is regulated at transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels. To better understand …

Post-transcriptional regulation of nitrate reductase by light is abolished by an N-terminal deletion.

L Nussaume, M Vincentz, C Meyer, JP Boutin… - The Plant …, 1995 - academic.oup.com
Higher plant nitrate reductases (NRs) carry an N-terminal domain whose sequence is not
conserved in NRs from other organisms. A gene composed of a full-length tobacco NR …

Nitrate assimilation by bacteria

JT Lin, V Stewart - Advances in microbial physiology, 1997 - Elsevier
Nitrate is a significant nitrogen source for plants and microorganisms. Recent molecular
genetic analyses of representative bacterial species have revealed structural and regulatory …

Nitrate regulation of metabolism and growth

M Stitt - Current opinion in plant biology, 1999 - Elsevier
Recent research shows that signals derived from nitrate are involved in triggering
widespread changes in gene expression, resulting in a reprogramming of nitrogen and …

Nitrate reductase in higher plants: a case study for transduction of environmental stimuli into control of catalytic activity

WM Kaiser, H Weiner, SC Huber - Physiologia plantarum, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
In higher plants, cytosolic NAD (P) H‐nitrate reductase (NR) is rapidly modulated by
environmental conditions such as light, CO2, or oxygen availability. In leaves, NR is …

Structure, function and regulation of nitrate reductase in higher plants

T Hoff, BM Stummann… - Physiologia Plantarum, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
Two types of nitrate reductase (NR) have been recognized in higher plants. Most plants
contain a NADH‐specific NR, a few plants contain only a NAD (P) H‐bispecific NR and …

Nitrate reductase mRNA regulation in Nicotiana plumbaginifolia nitrate reductase-deficient mutants.

S Pouteau, I Cherel, H Vaucheret, M Caboche - The Plant Cell, 1989 - academic.oup.com
Light and substrate regulation of nitrate reductase (NR) expression were compared in wild
type and mutant lines of Nicotiana plumbaginifolia. Mutants affected in the NR structural …