Metalloido-porins : Essentiality of Nodulin 26-like intrinsic proteins in metalloid transport
Copyright © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd.. All rights reserved.
| Publié dans: | Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology. - 1985. - 238(2015) vom: 26. Sept., Seite 212-27 |
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| Format: | Article en ligne |
| Langue: | English |
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2015
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| Accès à la collection: | Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology |
| Sujets: | Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Review Aquaporin Arsenic Boron Metalloid transport Nodulin 26-like intrinsic protein Silicon Membrane Proteins plus... |
| Résumé: | Copyright © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd.. All rights reserved. Metalloids are a group of physiologically important elements ranging from the essential to the highly toxic. Arsenic, antimony, germanium, and tellurium are highly toxic to plants themselves and to consumers of metalloid-contaminated plants. Boron, silicon, and selenium fulfill essential or beneficial functions in plants. However, when present at high concentrations, boron and selenium cause toxicity symptoms that are detrimental to plant fitness and yield. Consequently, all plants require efficient membrane transport systems to control the uptake and extrusion of metalloids into or out of the plant and their distribution within the plant body. Several Nodulin 26-like intrinsic proteins (NIPs) that belong to the aquaporin plant water channel protein family facilitate the diffusion of uncharged metalloid species. Genetic, physiological, and molecular evidence is that NIPs from primitive to higher plants not only transport all environmentally important metalloids, but that these proteins have a major role in the uptake, translocation, and extrusion of metalloids in plants. As most of the metalloid-permeable NIP aquaporins are impermeable or are poorly permeable to water, these NIP channel proteins should be considered as physiologically essential metalloido-porins |
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| Description: | Date Completed 12.05.2016 Date Revised 30.09.2020 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1873-2259 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.plantsci.2015.06.002 |