
Plant and stress

In our team, with the aim of
in vivo NMR, we are able to monitor the flow of metabolites, the stocks of compounds and their compartmentalization in subcellular compartments. The data obtained as a result of deficiency in sugar are a temporal resolution of the order of one minute.
Gout et al. Early response of plant cell to carbon deprivation:
In vivo 31P-NMR spectroscopy shows a quasi-instantaneous disruption on cytosolic sugars, phosphorylated intermediates of energy metabolism, phosphate partitioning, and intracellular pHs.
New Phytologist, 2010
Pratt et al. Phosphate (Pi) starvation effect on the cytosolic Pi concentration and Pi exchanges across the tonoplast in plant cells: An
in vivo 31P-nuclear magnetic resonance study using methylphosphonate as a Pi analog.
Plant Physiology, 2009