Aquaporin structure–function relationships: Water flow through plant living cells
| Autor: | Hong-Bo Shao, Li-Ye Chu, Chang-Xing Zhao |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Water transport
urogenital system Mechanism (biology) Water flow Water stress Structure function Water Aquaporin Surfaces and Interfaces General Medicine Plants Biology Aquaporins Permeability Cell biology Structure-Activity Relationship Colloid and Surface Chemistry Water uptake Botany Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Function (biology) Subcellular Fractions Biotechnology |
| Zdroj: | Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces. 62:163-172 |
| ISSN: | 0927-7765 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2007.10.015 |
| Popis: | Plant aquaporins play an important role in water uptake and movement-an aquaporin that opens and closes a gate that regulates water movement in and out of cells. Some plant aquaporins also play an important role in response to water stress. Since their discovery, advancing knowledge of their structures and properties led to an understanding of the basic features of the water transport mechanism and increased illumination to water relations. Meanwhile, molecular and functional characterization of aquaporins has revealed the significance of their regulation in response to the adverse environments such as salinity and drought. This paper reviews the structure, species diversity, physiology function, regulation of plant aquaporins, and the relations between environmental factors and plant aquaporins. Complete understanding of aquaporin function and regulation is to integrate those mechanisms in time and space and to well regulate the permeation of water across biological membranes under changing environmental and developmental conditions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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