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Versatile Roles of Aquaporins in Plant Growth and Development
Aquaporins (AQPs) are universal membrane integrated water channel proteins that selectively and reversibly facilitate the movement of water, gases, metalloids, and other small neutral solutes across cellular membranes in living organisms. Compared with other organisms, plants have the largest number...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7763978/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33322217 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21249485 |
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author | Wang, Yan Zhao, Zhijie Liu, Fang Sun, Lirong Hao, Fushun |
author_facet | Wang, Yan Zhao, Zhijie Liu, Fang Sun, Lirong Hao, Fushun |
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description | Aquaporins (AQPs) are universal membrane integrated water channel proteins that selectively and reversibly facilitate the movement of water, gases, metalloids, and other small neutral solutes across cellular membranes in living organisms. Compared with other organisms, plants have the largest number of AQP members with diverse characteristics, subcellular localizations and substrate permeabilities. AQPs play important roles in plant water relations, cell turgor pressure maintenance, the hydraulic regulation of roots and leaves, and in leaf transpiration, root water uptake, and plant responses to multiple biotic and abiotic stresses. They are also required for plant growth and development. In this review, we comprehensively summarize the expression and roles of diverse AQPs in the growth and development of various vegetative and reproductive organs in plants. The functions of AQPs in the intracellular translocation of hydrogen peroxide are also discussed. |
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spelling | pubmed-77639782020-12-27 Versatile Roles of Aquaporins in Plant Growth and Development Wang, Yan Zhao, Zhijie Liu, Fang Sun, Lirong Hao, Fushun Int J Mol Sci Review Aquaporins (AQPs) are universal membrane integrated water channel proteins that selectively and reversibly facilitate the movement of water, gases, metalloids, and other small neutral solutes across cellular membranes in living organisms. Compared with other organisms, plants have the largest number of AQP members with diverse characteristics, subcellular localizations and substrate permeabilities. AQPs play important roles in plant water relations, cell turgor pressure maintenance, the hydraulic regulation of roots and leaves, and in leaf transpiration, root water uptake, and plant responses to multiple biotic and abiotic stresses. They are also required for plant growth and development. In this review, we comprehensively summarize the expression and roles of diverse AQPs in the growth and development of various vegetative and reproductive organs in plants. The functions of AQPs in the intracellular translocation of hydrogen peroxide are also discussed. MDPI 2020-12-13 /pmc/articles/PMC7763978/ /pubmed/33322217 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21249485 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Wang, Yan Zhao, Zhijie Liu, Fang Sun, Lirong Hao, Fushun Versatile Roles of Aquaporins in Plant Growth and Development |
title | Versatile Roles of Aquaporins in Plant Growth and Development |
title_full | Versatile Roles of Aquaporins in Plant Growth and Development |
title_fullStr | Versatile Roles of Aquaporins in Plant Growth and Development |
title_full_unstemmed | Versatile Roles of Aquaporins in Plant Growth and Development |
title_short | Versatile Roles of Aquaporins in Plant Growth and Development |
title_sort | versatile roles of aquaporins in plant growth and development |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7763978/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33322217 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21249485 |
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