Assimilation of Mineral Nutrients

Sulphur Assimilation

Phosphate Assimilation
Phosphate(HPO42-) in the soil solution is readily absorbed by plant roots and incorporated into a variety of organic compounds, including sugar phosphates, phospholipids and nucleotides. The main entry point of phosphate into assimilatory pathways occurs during formation of ATP, the energy "currency" of the cell.

Glycolysis incorporates inorganic phosphate into 1,3-bisphosphoglyceric acid, forming a high-energy acyl phosphate group. This phosphate can be donated to ADP to form ATP in a substrate-Ievel phosphorylation reaction Once incorporated into ATP, the phosphate group may be transferred via many different reactions to form the various phosphorylated compounds found in higherplant cells.