Plant Aquaporins - From Transport to Signaling

Aquaporins are channel proteins that facilitate the diffusion of water and small uncharged solutes across cellular membranes. Plant aquaporins form a large family of highly divergent proteins that are involved in many different physiological processes. This book will summarize the recent advances regarding plant aquaporins, their phylogeny, structure, substrate specificity, mechanisms of regulation and roles in various important physiological processes related to the control of water flow and small solute distribution at the cell, tissue and plant level in an ever-changing environment.

List of contents

Structural basis of permeation function of plant aquaporins.- Heteromerization of plant aquaporins.- Plant aquaporin trafficking.- Plant aquaporin post-translational regulation.- Plant aquaporins and cell elongation Aquaporins and root water uptake.- Aquaporins and leaf water relations.- Roles of aquaporins in stomata.- Aquaporins and abiotic stress.- Plant aquaporins and signaling.- Role of aquaporins in maintenance of xylem hydraulic capacity.- Plant aquaporins and CO2.- NIP subfamily.- Plant aquaporins and metalloids.- Plant aquaporins and mycorrhizae: their regulation and involvement in plant physiology and performance.

Summary

Aquaporins are channel proteins that facilitate the diffusion of water and small uncharged solutes across cellular membranes. Plant aquaporins form a large family of highly divergent proteins that are involved in many different physiological processes. This book will summarize the recent advances regarding plant aquaporins, their phylogeny, structure, substrate specificity, mechanisms of regulation and roles in various important physiological processes related to the control of water flow and small solute distribution at the cell, tissue and plant level in an ever-changing environment.

Product details

• Assisted by: Françoi Chaumont (Editor), Francois Chaumont (Editor), François Chaumont (Editor), D Tyerman (Editor), D Tyerman (Editor), Stephen Tyerman (Editor), Stephen D. Tyerman (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2017
• EAN: 9783319493930
• ISBN: 978-3-31-949393-0
• No. of pages: 353
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 242 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 748 g
• Illustrations: VIII, 353 p. 30 illus., 29 illus. in color.
• Series: Signaling and Communication in Plants; Signaling and Communication in Plants
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; B, Life Sciences, biochemistry, proteins, Plant Physiology, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Botany & plant sciences, Cellular biology (cytology), Plant Biochemistry, Membrane Biology, Cell membranes, Membrane Trafficking, Protein Science