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Abstract
Vacuoles play various roles in many physiologically relevant processes in plants. Some of the more prominent are turgor provision, the storage of minerals and nutrients, and cellular signalling. To fulfil these functions a complement of membrane transporters is present at the tonoplast. Prolific patch clamp studies have shown that amongst these, both selective and non-selective ion channels participate in turgor regulation, nutrient storage and signalling. This article reviews the physiological roles, expression patterns and structure function properties of plant vacuolar anion and cation channels that are gated by voltage and ligands. (C) 2010 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1982-1988 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | FEBS Letters |
Volume | 584 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 17 May 2010 |
Keywords
- Ion channel
- Plant nutrition
- Signalling
- Tonoplast transport
- Vacuole
- ARABIDOPSIS-THALIANA
- CATION CHANNEL
- K+ CHANNEL
- CHLORIDE CHANNELS
- 14-3-3 PROTEINS
- CA2+ CHANNEL
- CALCIUM
- TRANSPORT
- MEMBRANE
- CELLS
Projects
- 3 Finished
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cGMP regulated cation transport in plants
Maathuis, F. (Principal investigator) & Isner, J.-C. E. F. (Researcher)
BBSRC (BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL)
1/01/07 → 31/01/10
Project: Research project (funded) › Research
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Potassium transport and compartmentation in ....
Maathuis, F. (Principal investigator) & Isayenkov, S. (Researcher)
BBSRC (BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL)
1/09/06 → 30/11/10
Project: Research project (funded) › Research
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The vacuolar membrane; a proteomics approach
Maathuis, F. (Principal investigator)
BBSRC (BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL)
1/02/05 → 30/06/09
Project: Research project (funded) › Research