Aquaporins in plants

C Maurel, Y Boursiac, DT Luu, V Santoni… - Physiological …, 2015 - journals.physiology.org
Aquaporins are membrane channels that facilitate the transport of water and small neutral
molecules across biological membranes of most living organisms. In plants, aquaporins …

Diversity and evolution of membrane intrinsic proteins

F Abascal, I Irisarri, R Zardoya - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-General Subjects, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Membrane intrinsic proteins (MIPs) are the proteins in charge of
regulating water transport into cells. Because of this essential function, the MIP family is …

Molecular evolution of aquaporins and silicon influx in plants

R Deshmukh, RR Bélanger - Functional Ecology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Silicon (Si), although mostly ignored by plant nutritionists and ecologists, is now gaining
more attention because of its beneficial role in plant fitness under stress environment …

Carbon dioxide and water transport through plant aquaporins

M Groszmann, HL Osborn… - Plant, Cell & Environment, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aquaporins are channel proteins that function to increase the permeability of biological
membranes. In plants, aquaporins are encoded by multigene families that have undergone …

Forest tree genomics: 10 achievements from the past 10 years and future prospects

C Plomion, C Bastien, MB Bogeat-Triboulot… - Annals of Forest …, 2016 - Springer
Key message This review highlights some of the discoveries and applications made
possible by “omics” technologies over the last 10 years and provides perspectives for …

Identification of VrNIP2-1 aquaporin with novel selective filter regulating the transport of beneficial as well as hazardous metalloids in mungbean (Vigna radiata L.)

V Thakral, Y Sharma, R Mandlik, S Kumawat… - Plant Physiology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nodulin 26-like intrinsic protein (NIP) subfamily of aquaporins (AQPs) in plants, is known to
be involved in the uptake of metalloids including boron, germanium (Ge), arsenic (As), and …

[HTML][HTML] PIP1 aquaporins: Intrinsic water channels or PIP2 aquaporin modulators?

A Yaneff, V Vitali, G Amodeo - FEBS letters, 2015 - Elsevier
The highly conserved plant aquaporins, known as Plasma membrane Intrinsic Proteins
(PIPs), are the main gateways for cell membrane water exchange. Years of research have …

Genome-wide identification and characterization of aquaporin gene family in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

A Ariani, P Gepts - Molecular genetics and genomics, 2015 - Springer
Plant aquaporins are a large and diverse family of water channel proteins that are essential
for several physiological processes in living organisms. Numerous studies have linked plant …

Plant aquaporins: diversity, evolution and biotechnological applications

JP Bezerra-Neto, FC de Araújo… - Current Protein and …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
The plasma membrane forms a permeable barrier that separates the cytoplasm from the
external environment, defining the physical and chemical limits in each cell in all organisms …

Toward understanding of the high number of plant aquaporin isoforms and multiple regulation mechanisms

AR Fox, LC Maistriaux, F Chaumont - Plant Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Since the discovery of the first plant aquaporin (AQP) in 1993, our conception of the way
plants control cell water homeostasis as well as their global water balance has been …