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Rhythms of magnesium

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The diel cycle controls the rhythmic changes in photosynthesis. Now, magnesium levels in the chloroplast are shown to follow a diurnal rhythmic change, and a transporter appears to facilitate such a fluctuation, thereby fine-tuning plant photosynthesis on a diel basis.

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Fig. 1: OsMGT3 mediates Mg2+ transport into the rice chloroplast and contributes to photosynthetic carbon assimilation on a diel basis.

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Tang, RJ., Luan, S. Rhythms of magnesium. Nat. Plants 6, 742–743 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-020-0706-3

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