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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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