Role of Aquaporins in Determining Carbon and Nitrogen Status in Higher Plants
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. The Role of AQPs in Regulating Carbon Status
2.1. Water Transport Across the Membrane of Chloroplast and Thylakoid
2.2. CO2 Transport Facilitator
3. Role of AQPs in Regulating Nitrogen Status
4. Responses of AQPs to Nitrogen Supply
5. Conclusions and Future Perspective
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Substrate | Family | Name | Expression System | References |
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NH3 | TIPs | AtTIP2;1 | yeast | Loque et al. [64] |
AtTIP2;3 | yeast | Loque et al. [64] | ||
ZmTIP1;1 | yeast | Barzana et al. [65] | ||
ZmTIP1;2 | yeast | Barzana et al. [65] | ||
TaTIP2;1 | Xenopus oocytes | Holm et al. [66] | ||
TaTIP2;2 | yeast | Bertl and Kaldenhoff [67] | ||
Urea | PIPs | NtAQP1 | Xenopus oocytes | Eckert et al. [74] |
ZmPIP1;5 | Xenopus oocytes | Gaspar [75] | ||
NIPs | CpNIP1 | yeast | Klebl et al. [76] | |
ZmNIP2;1 | yeast | Gu et al. [77] | ||
ZmNIP2;4 | yeast | Gu et al. [77] | ||
AtNIP5;1 | Xenopus oocytes | Wallace and Roberts [78] | ||
AtNIP6;1 | Xenopus oocytes | Wallace and Roberts [78] | ||
CsNIP2;1 | yeast | Zhang et al. [79] | ||
TIPs | NtTIPa | Xenopus oocytes | Gerbeau et al. [80] | |
AtTIP1;1 | yeast | Liu [83] | ||
AtTIP1;2 | yeast | Liu [83] | ||
AtTIP2;1 | yeast | Liu [83] | ||
AtTIP4;1 | yeast | Liu [83] | ||
AtTIP1;3 | Xenopus oocytes | Soto et al. [81] | ||
AtTIP5;1 | Xenopus oocytes | Soto et al. [82] | ||
ZmTIP4;4 | yeast | Gu et al. [77] |
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Gao, L.; Lu, Z.; Ding, L.; Guo, J.; Wang, M.; Ling, N.; Guo, S.; Shen, Q. Role of Aquaporins in Determining Carbon and Nitrogen Status in Higher Plants. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2018, 19, 35. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19010035
Gao L, Lu Z, Ding L, Guo J, Wang M, Ling N, Guo S, Shen Q. Role of Aquaporins in Determining Carbon and Nitrogen Status in Higher Plants. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2018; 19(1):35. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19010035
Chicago/Turabian StyleGao, Limin, Zhifeng Lu, Lei Ding, Junjie Guo, Min Wang, Ning Ling, Shiwei Guo, and Qirong Shen. 2018. "Role of Aquaporins in Determining Carbon and Nitrogen Status in Higher Plants" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 19, no. 1: 35. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19010035