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 ...

Nitrogen metabolism in mycobacterial species encompasses the uptake, assimilation and utilisation of diverse nitrogen sources—from inorganic ammonium and nitrate to organic amino acids—and underpins ...

Carbon and nitrogen are the two most abundant nutrients for all living organisms. The metabolism of carbon and nitrogen is tightly coupled and coordinated by different metabolites and signaling ...

A new study has recently revealed how soybean roots and leaves employ distinct metabolic strategies under nitrogen deficiency ...