Lotus japonicus VIH2 is an inositol pyrophosphate synthase that regulates arbuscular mycorrhiza
Kiran Raj, Verena Gaugler, Mengsi Lu, Maren Schädel, Philipp Gaugler, Charlotte M. M. Grothaus, Ulrike A. Jochimsen, Athanasios Makris, Simon M. Bartsch, Anna M. Frentzen, Guizhen Liu, Michael Harings, Dorothea Fiedler, Henning Jacob Jessen, Gabriel Schaaf, Martina Katharina Ried
The paper identifies VIH2 in Lotus japonicus as an inositol pyrophosphate synthase that regulates arbuscular mycorrhiza by linking phosphate starvation responses to root endosymbiosis.
Science Advances · May 22, 2026Peer-reviewedPlant Biology