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Physiological and Molecular Plant Nutrition
Sulfur (S) is one of the essential elements for plants. Plants produce cysteine and methionine, an essential amino acid for humans, from sulfate in the environment. Plants also play a significant role in the S cycle in nature by transforming inorganic S into organic compounds. S-containing compounds play pivotal roles in the metabolic process by working as redox substances, coenzymes, and signaling molecules. Glucosinolates in cruciferous plants have anti-carcinogenic activity for humans. We are trying to understand how plants regulate S assimilation and metabolism in response to various environmental factors to provide clues for improving crop productivity, promoting human health, and solving environmental problems.
Research Interests
1. Sulfur Assimilation and Metabolism
2. Mechanism of Sulfur Deficiency Responses
3. Regulation of Sulfate Uptake
4. Regulatory Mechanisms of Biosynthesis and Metabolism of Aliphatic Glucosinolates
5. Novel Mechanisms Controlling S Assimilation and Metabolism
6. Influences of S on other elements' distribution and metabolism
7. S in Abiotic and Biotic Stress
8. Breeding plants with higher S assimilation and beneficial S-containing compounds
9. Chemicals and environmental factors influence S assimilation and metabolism
Sulfur (S) is one of the essential elements for plants. Plants produce cysteine and methionine, an essential amino acid for humans, from sulfate in the environment. Plants also play a significant role in the S cycle in nature by transforming inorganic S into organic compounds. S-containing compounds play pivotal roles in the metabolic process by working as redox substances, coenzymes, and signaling molecules. Glucosinolates in cruciferous plants have anti-carcinogenic activity for humans.
We are trying to understand how plants regulate S assimilation and metabolism in response to various environmental factors to provide clues for improving crop productivity, promoting human health, and solving environmental problems.