Plant aquaporins : from transport to signaling

• Other Authors: Chaumont, François ; Tyerman, Stephen D.
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2020
• Subjects: Aquaporins ; Plant physiology; Hóa sinh học ; Sinh lý thực vật; 572 PLA 2017
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/90761
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

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.