Waste not, want not: Nitrogen recycling by metabolic pathways shared between an animal and its symbiotic bacteria
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| Journal | The Biochemist |
|---|---|
| Date | Published - Aug 2013 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Pages (from-to) | 20-24 |
| Original language | English |
Abstract
A combined computational and experimental analysis of metabolism in the symbiosis between the pea aphid and its obligate endosymbiont Buchnera aphidicola redefines existing notions of symbiotic nitrogen recycling. As a consequence of metabolic pathways shared between the partners, the insect recycles waste ammonia into essential amino acids (EAAs) that are lacking in its diet of sugar-rich but nitrogen-poor plant phloem sap.
- SYMBIOSIS, BACTERIA, APHIDS, BUCHNERA, NITROGEN
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Systems level analysis of animal metabolism
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