Aquaporins in the plant kingdom: the regulatory mechanisms revisited

More than 30 years ago, biophysicist and animal physiologists supported the hypothesis of the existence of pores facilitating water transport through membranes since certain animal structures were unusually permeable to water. Although plant physiologists also discussed the existence of water channe...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Alleva, Karina, Amodeo, Gabriela
Formato: Articulo Revision
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2006
Materias:
Ciencias Médicas
Fisiología
Aquaporins
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/146974
https://pmr.safisiol.org.ar/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/vol1_n7_february.pdf
Aporte de:
SEDICI (UNLP) de Universidad Nacional de La Plata
id I19-R120-10915-146974
record_format dspace
institution Universidad Nacional de La Plata
institution_str I-19
repository_str R-120
collection SEDICI (UNLP)
language Inglés
topic Ciencias Médicas
Fisiología
Aquaporins
spellingShingle Ciencias Médicas
Fisiología
Aquaporins
Alleva, Karina
Amodeo, Gabriela
Aquaporins in the plant kingdom: the regulatory mechanisms revisited
topic_facet Ciencias Médicas
Fisiología
Aquaporins
description More than 30 years ago, biophysicist and animal physiologists supported the hypothesis of the existence of pores facilitating water transport through membranes since certain animal structures were unusually permeable to water. Although plant physiologists also discussed the existence of water channels since the early 1960s, the survey remained marginal in the field (reviewed by Chrispeels and Maurel 1994). It was in 1992 that the hypothetical proteinaceous water channel was identified (named CHIP28, now AQP1) by Preston et. al. This discovery opened the molecular detection of homologous proteins in all kingdoms. The term “aquaporins” (AQPs) was suggested later, when other two proteins belonging to the MIP26 family (WCH-CD -from mammalian collecting ductand g-TIP -from tonoplast of Arabidopsis thaliana-) were also characterized as water channels (Agre et al., 1993). The first cloned and functionally expressed aquaporin from plants was therefore g-TIP (now TIP1;1) (Maurel et al., 1993). Since this event, plant aquaporins captured significant attention. This article intends to explore the regulatory mechanisms in plant aquaporins and to contrast them with those achievements made on their animal homologues. The aim is to merge the contributions made by both fields of research.
format Articulo
Revision
author Alleva, Karina
Amodeo, Gabriela
author_facet Alleva, Karina
Amodeo, Gabriela
author_sort Alleva, Karina
title Aquaporins in the plant kingdom: the regulatory mechanisms revisited
title_short Aquaporins in the plant kingdom: the regulatory mechanisms revisited
title_full Aquaporins in the plant kingdom: the regulatory mechanisms revisited
title_fullStr Aquaporins in the plant kingdom: the regulatory mechanisms revisited
title_full_unstemmed Aquaporins in the plant kingdom: the regulatory mechanisms revisited
title_sort aquaporins in the plant kingdom: the regulatory mechanisms revisited
publishDate 2006
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/146974
https://pmr.safisiol.org.ar/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/vol1_n7_february.pdf
work_keys_str_mv AT allevakarina aquaporinsintheplantkingdomtheregulatorymechanismsrevisited
AT amodeogabriela aquaporinsintheplantkingdomtheregulatorymechanismsrevisited
bdutipo_str Repositorios
_version_ 1764820460706463745

Ejemplares similares