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Peroxisome Biogenesis in Root Nodules and Assimilation of Symbiotically-Reduced Nitrogen in Tropical Legumes

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Plant Peroxisomes

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Tropical legumes fix nitrogen in association with Bradyrhizobium species. The symbiotically-reduced nitrogen is assimilated by the host plant using a unique pathway that ensures efficient utilization of carbon. Tropical legumes such as soybean, cowpea and bean primarily assimilate and transport fixed-nitrogen as ureides, allantoin and allantoic acid, while temperate legumes such as pea and alfalfa are amide-transporters, producing L-glutamine and L-asparagine. Ureides are produced via de novo biosynthesis and oxidation of purines. The activities of enzymes involved in de novo purine biosynthesis and catabolism vary in effective and ineffective nodules and correlate with the status of the nodules in fixing nitrogen (Atkins, 1991). The ureide-producing nodules are usually determinate in their structure but not all determinate nodules are ureide producers.

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Verma, D.P.S. (2002). Peroxisome Biogenesis in Root Nodules and Assimilation of Symbiotically-Reduced Nitrogen in Tropical Legumes. In: Baker, A., Graham, I.A. (eds) Plant Peroxisomes. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9858-3_6

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