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Session 5.Cell biology<br />
A B S T R A C T B O O K – A B S T R A C T S O F T A L K S<br />
NETWORK MOTIFS LEADING TO PLANT NITRATE HOMEOSTASIS AND<br />
OSCILLATORY NITRATE ASSIMILATION<br />
Yongshun Huang, Ingunn W. Jolma, Tormod Drengstig, Peter Ruoff<br />
Centre for Organelle Research, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway<br />
E-mail: peter.ruoff@uis.no<br />
Homeostasis is an essential property of all living systems. While themolecular details of<br />
homeostatic component processes such as uptake, storage,efflux and assimilation are<br />
becoming well understood our knowledge how theprocesses integrate and lead to<br />
robust homeostatic behavior in the presence ofenvironmental perturbations is still poor.<br />
Here we describe a complete set oftwo-component negative feedback motifs, which,<br />
based on thecontrol-engineering concept of integral feedback can maintain<br />
robusthomeostasis both at steady state and at oscillatory or pulsatile workingconditions.<br />
By using cytosolic nitrate homeostasis in plants as an example we demonstrate how<br />
these controller motifs integrate uptake, storage,efflux, and assimilation, and how<br />
switching between different controller typescan occur during remobilization of nitrate<br />
from the vacuole.<br />
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