FUNCTIONAL STUDY ON THE C-TERMINUS OF ATAMT1;2, AN AMMONIUM TRANSPORTER FROM ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA

Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for all plants, and its assimilation into cells is mediated by ammonium transporters (AMT). The molecular study of ammonium transporters helps scientists to develop knowledge that could enable them to modify transporters in agricultural crops, creating lower-maintenance foods of higher nutritional value. This report documents a study done in the Howitt laboratory as an Advanced Study Course that focused on the characterisation of the functional region of the C-terminal domain in one of these plant ammonium transporters – AtAMT1;2 from Arabidopsis thaliana