The chloroplast-located HKT transporter plays an important role in fertilization and development in Physcomitrium patens.

ABSTRACT: Cell survival depends on the maintenance of cell homeostasis that involves all the biochemical, genomic and transport processes that take place in all the organelles within a eukaryote cell. In particular, ion homeostasis is required to regulate the membrane potential and solute transport across all membranes, any alteration in these parameters will reflect in the malfunctioning of any organelle, and consequently, in the development of the organism. In plant cells, sodium transporters play a central role in keeping the concentrations of this cation across all membranes under physiological conditions to prevent its toxic effects. HKT transporters are a family of membrane proteins exclusively present in plants, with some homologs present in prokaryotes. HKT transporters have been associated

SUBMITTER: Yanez-Dominguez C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11826126 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature