Bacterial nitrogen metabolism underpins growth, survival and ecological function. At its core, ammonia is assimilated into glutamine and glutamate by the concerted action of glutamine synthetase and ...

Plants depend on nitrogen for vital processes such as amino acid synthesis, chlorophyll formation and nucleic acid production. In nature, nitrogen is available in organic and inorganic forms, of which ...

To boost crops more efficiently in the future, the evolutionary past may hold key insights. The way that plants process nutrients has a rich back story—they rely on enzymes that have been evolving for ...