Improving phosphorus use efficiency: a complex trait with emerging opportunities

S Heuer, R Gaxiola, R Schilling… - The Plant …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Phosphorus (P) is one of the essential nutrients for plants, and is indispensable for plant
growth and development. P deficiency severely limits crop yield, and regular fertilizer …

Phosphorus physiological ecology and molecular mechanisms in marine phytoplankton

S Lin, RW Litaker, WG Sunda - Journal of Phycology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Phosphorus (P) is an essential nutrient for marine phytoplankton and indeed all life forms.
Current data show that P availability is growth‐limiting in certain marine systems and can …

Human XPR1 structures reveal phosphate export mechanism

R Yan, H Chen, C Liu, J Zhao, D Wu, J Jiang, J Gong… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Inorganic phosphate (Pi) is a fundamental macronutrient for all living organisms, the
homeostasis of which is critical for numerous biological activities,–. As the only known …

SPX1 is a phosphate-dependent inhibitor of PHOSPHATE STARVATION RESPONSE 1 in Arabidopsis

MI Puga, I Mateos, R Charukesi… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
To cope with growth in low-phosphate (Pi) soils, plants have evolved adaptive responses
that involve both developmental and metabolic changes. PHOSPHATE STARVATION …

Stress induced gene expression drives transient DNA methylation changes at adjacent repetitive elements

D Secco, C Wang, H Shou, MD Schultz, S Chiarenza… - elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
Cytosine DNA methylation (mC) is a genome modification that can regulate the expression
of coding and non-coding genetic elements. However, little is known about the involvement …

Control of eukaryotic phosphate homeostasis by inositol polyphosphate sensor domains

R Wild, R Gerasimaite, JY Jung, V Truffault, I Pavlovic… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Phosphorus is a macronutrient taken up by cells as inorganic phosphate (Pi). How cells
sense cellular Pi levels is poorly characterized. Here, we report that SPX domains—which …

Rice SPX1 and SPX2 inhibit phosphate starvation responses through interacting with PHR2 in a phosphate-dependent manner

Z Wang, W Ruan, J Shi, L Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
In plants, sensing the levels of external and internal nutrients is essential for reprogramming
the transcriptome and adapting to the fluctuating environment. Phosphate (Pi) is a key plant …

Microbe‐dependent and independent nitrogen and phosphate acquisition and regulation in plants

B Zhao, X Jia, N Yu, JD Murray, K Yi, E Wang - New Phytologist, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) are the most important macronutrients required for plant
growth and development. To cope with the limited and uneven distribution of N and P in …

Molecular mechanisms underlying phosphate sensing, signaling, and adaptation in plants

Z Zhang, H Liao, WJ Lucas - Journal of integrative plant biology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
As an essential plant macronutrient, the low availability of phosphorus (P) in most soils
imposes serious limitation on crop production. Plants have evolved complex responsive and …

Inositol pyrophosphate InsP8 acts as an intracellular phosphate signal in Arabidopsis

J Dong, G Ma, L Sui, M Wei, V Satheesh, R Zhang… - Molecular Plant, 2019 - cell.com
The maintenance of cellular phosphate (Pi) homeostasis is of great importance in living
organisms. The SPX domain-containing protein 1 (SPX1) proteins from both Arabidopsis …