Plants convert their phosphate(Pi) status (IMAGE)

University of Bonn

Plants convert their phosphate(Pi) status

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into InsP8 (signaling molecule controlling phosphate acquisition). ITPK1 plays a key role in this process by generating or removing the precursor of InsP8 according to phosphate-dependent changes in ATP.

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Image: Gabriel Schaaf / Uni Bonn

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