IMPROVEMENT OF NITROGEN RESPONSIVENESS IN PLANTS THROUGH THE EXPRESSION OF PATHWAYS FOR THE FORMATION AND CATABOLISM OF NOVEL N-RICH COMPOUNDS

摘要

The invention provides for the regulation of opine synthesis and catabolism providing improved nitrogen responsiveness, utilizing opine synthase and oxidase nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering nitrogen utilization and/or uptake in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, and transgenic plants.