Abstract
Nitrogen and phosphorus are vital elements with key roles in cellular structure and metabolism and are essential nutrients required for plant growth and development. Membrane phospholipids function as units of cellular structure and also as perception sites that initiate signaling transduction in cells. Recent studies of metabolism combined with genetic, molecular, and cellular analyses have determined that phospholipase-mediated signaling and metabolism play important roles in nitrogen signaling and internal phosphate recycling. The involvement of phospholipases in nitrogen or phosphate starvation occurs likely through different mechanisms. Nitrogen response is through phospholipase Dε- and phosphatidic acid-mediated signaling, which promotes root growth and nitrogen acquisition to enhance N use efficiency and plant growth. Phospholipase Dζ2 and nonspecific phospholipase Cs are involved in plant response to phosphate deprivation through lipid remodeling to enhance internal Pi use efficiency.
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The work is supported by grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China (30871303, 30971852, 31271514), the Chinese National Key Basic Research Project (2012CB114200), and Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (20100146110025, 2012146110004).
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Hong, Y., Lu, S. (2014). Phospholipases in Plant Response to Nitrogen and Phosphorus Availability. In: Wang, X. (eds) Phospholipases in Plant Signaling. Signaling and Communication in Plants, vol 20. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-42011-5_9
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