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Glutamine synthetase in Medicago truncatula, unveiling new secrets of a very old enzyme

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Plant Science, July 2015
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Title
Glutamine synthetase in Medicago truncatula, unveiling new secrets of a very old enzyme
Published in
Frontiers in Plant Science, July 2015
DOI 10.3389/fpls.2015.00578
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Authors

Seabra, Ana R., Carvalho, Helena G.

Abstract

Glutamine synthetase (GS) catalyzes the first step at which nitrogen is brought into cellular metabolism and is also involved in the reassimilation of ammonium released by a number of metabolic pathways. Due to its unique position in plant nitrogen metabolism, GS plays essential roles in all aspects of plant development, from germination to senescence, and is a key component of nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) and plant yield. Understanding the mechanisms regulating GS activity is therefore of utmost importance and a great effort has been dedicated to understand how GS is regulated in different plant species. The present review summarizes exciting recent developments concerning the structure and regulation of GS isoenzymes, using the model legume Medicago truncatula. These include the understanding of the structural determinants of both the cytosolic and plastid located isoenzymes, the existence of a seed-specific GS gene unique to M. truncatula and closely related species and the discovery that GS isoenzymes are regulated by nitric oxide at the post-translational level. The data is discussed and integrated with the potential roles of the distinct GS isoenzymes within the whole plant context.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Spain 1 2%
India 1 2%
United States 1 2%
Singapore 1 2%
Unknown 45 92%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 20%
Researcher 8 16%
Student > Bachelor 7 14%
Student > Postgraduate 4 8%
Student > Master 4 8%
Other 8 16%
Unknown 8 16%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 30 61%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 7 14%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 1 2%
Unknown 11 22%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 September 2015.
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#13,950,048
of 22,818,766 outputs
Outputs from Frontiers in Plant Science
#7,274
of 20,116 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#130,246
of 262,972 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Plant Science
#84
of 260 outputs
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