The ability to sense physical forces is conserved across all organisms. Cells convert
mechanical stimuli into electrical or chemical signals via mechanically activated ion …

Electrolyte leakage accompanies plant response to stresses, such as salinity, pathogen
attack, drought, heavy metals, hyperthermia, and hypothermia; however, the mechanism and …

The conversion of mechanical force to chemical signals is critical for many biological
processes, including the senses of touch, pain, and hearing. Mechanosensitive ion channels …

Mechanosensitive ion channels are force-transducing enzymes that couple mechanical
stimuli to ion flux. Understanding the gating mechanism of mechanosensitive channels is …

Mechanosensitive channels sense mechanical forces in cell membranes and underlie many
biological sensing processes,–. However, how exactly they sense mechanical force remains …

The understanding of calcium as a second messenger in plants has been growing
intensively over the last decades. Recently, attention has been drawn to the organelles …

Highlights•Mechanosensitive ion channels are capable of transducing force into ion
flux.•Three families of plant MS channels are described to date and many more likely …

Potassium is the most abundant macronutrient, which is involved in a multitude of
physiological processes. Potassium uptake in roots is crucial for plants; however, K+ efflux …

Bacteria represent one of the most evolutionarily successful groups of organisms to inhabit
Earth. Their world is awash with mechanical cues, probably the most ancient form of which …

The ability of proteins to sense membrane tension is pervasive in biology. A higher-
resolution structure of the Escherichia coli small-conductance mechanosensitive channel …