... from xylem, and viceversa. Glx (glutamine and glutamate: five carbonamide and amino acid) and Asx (asparagine and aspartate: four carbon amide and amino acid) werefound to be the main nitrogen ... inmaize, and the regulation and function of each gene have been elucidated in part [2–4]. Ammonium and glutamine-amide group are also assimilated intoasparagine by asparagine synthetases (ASs; ... syn-thetase isoenzyme GSp1in maize (Zea mays). J PlantPhysiol 160, 601–605.5 Skopelitis DS, Paranychianakis NK, Paschalidis KA,Pilakonis ED, Dellis ID, Yakoumakis DI, Kouvarakis A, Papadakis AK,...