Protein NirP1 regulates nitrite reductase and nitrite excretion in cyanobacteria

Abstract When the supply of inorganic carbon is limiting, photosynthetic cyanobacteria excrete nitrite, a toxic intermediate in the ammonia assimilation pathway from nitrate. It has been hypothesized that the excreted nitrite represents excess nitrogen that cannot be further assimilated due to the m...

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Main Authors: Alexander Kraus, Philipp Spät, Stefan Timm, Amy Wilson, Rhena Schumann, Martin Hagemann, Boris Maček, Wolfgang R. Hess
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46253-4