Plant Aquaporins From Transport to Signaling
Aquaporins are channel proteins that facilitate the diffusion of water and small uncharged solutes across cellular membranes. Plant aquaporins form a large family of highly divergent proteins that are involved in many different physiological processes. Th
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François Chaumont Stephen Tyerman Editors
Plant Aquaporins From Transport to Signaling
Signaling and Communication in Plants Series Editor František Baluška Department of Plant Cell Biology, IZMB University of Bonn Bonn, Germany
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François Chaumont • Stephen D. Tyerman Editors
Plant Aquaporins From Transport to Signaling
Editors François Chaumont Institut des Sciences de la Vie Université catholique de Louvain Louvain-la-Neuve Belgium
Stephen D. Tyerman School of Agriculture, Food and Wine University of Adelaide Adelaide Australia
ISSN 1867-9048 ISSN 1867-9056 (electronic) Signaling and Communication in Plants ISBN 978-3-319-49393-0 ISBN 978-3-319-49395-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-49395-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017930691 © Springer International Publishing AG 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
The discovery of the water channel activity of the first plant aquaporin, γ-TIP or TIP1;1, in 1993 has significantly challenged the concepts by which plants control cell water homeostasis but also the water relations of the whole organism. In addition, it appeared rapidly that plant aquaporins or MIPs (membrane intrinsic proteins) facilitate also the membrane diffusion of an increasing amount of small solutes, such as urea, CO2, H2O2, ammonium, metalloids, etc. This diversity of substrates probably evolves from the high number of aquaporin genes identified in plant genomes. Higher plant aquaporins cluster into five phylogenetic subfamilies (PIPs, plasma membrane intrinsic proteins; TIPs, tonoplast intrinsic proteins; NIPs, NOD26-like intrinsic protein; SIPs, small basic intrinsic proteins; and XIPs, X intrinsic proteins) and are pr
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