What determines the composition of the phloem sap? Is there any selectivity filter for macromolecules entering the phloem sieve elements?

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Publié dans:Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB. - 1991. - 151(2020) vom: 05. Juni, Seite 284-291
Auteur principal: Garg, Varsha (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Kühn, Christina
Format: Article en ligne
Langue:English
Publié: 2020
Accès à la collection:Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB
Sujets:Journal Article Review Long distance signaling Phloem mobility Plasmodesmal transport Sieve element proteins
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Résumé:Copyright © 2020. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.
In view of recent findings, it is still a matter of debate whether the composition of the phloem sap of higher plants is specific and based on a plasmodesmal selectivity filter for macromolecular transport, or whether simply related to size, abundance and half-life of the macromolecules within the phloem sap. A range of reports indicates specific function of phloem-mobile signaling molecules such as the florigen making it indispensable to discriminate specific macromolecules entering the phloem from others which cannot cross this selectivity filter. Nevertheless, several findings have discussed for a non-selective transport via plasmodesmata, or contamination of the phloem sap by degradation products coming from immature still developing young sieve elements undergoing differentiation. Here, we discuss several possibilities, and raise the question how selectivity of the phloem sap composition could be achieved thereby focusing on mobility and dynamics of sucrose transporter mRNA and proteins
Description:Date Completed 19.08.2020
Date Revised 30.09.2020
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1873-2690
DOI:10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.03.023