Understanding Aquaporin Transport System in Eelgrass (Zostera marina L.), an Aquatic Plant Species.

ABSTRACT: Aquaporins (AQPs) are a class of integral membrane proteins involved in the transport of water and many other small solutes. The AQPs have been extensively studied in many land species obtaining water and nutrients from the soil, but their distribution and evolution have never been investigated in aquatic plant species, where solute assimilation is mostly through the leaves. In this regard, identification of AQPs in the genome of Zostera marina L. (eelgrass), an aquatic ecological model species could reveal important differences underlying solute uptake between land and aquatic species. In the present study, genome-wide analysis led to the identification of 25 AQPs belonging to four subfamilies, plasma membrane intrinsic proteins (PIPs), tonoplast intrinsic proteins (TIPs), nodulin

SUBMITTER: Shivaraj SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5541012 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature