TY - JOUR
T1 - Aquaporin-mediated transport
T2 - Insights into metalloid trafficking
AU - Handa, Neha
AU - Gupta, Pawan
AU - Khanna, Kanika
AU - Kohli, Sukhmeen Kaur
AU - Bhardwaj, Renu
AU - Alam, Pravej
AU - Ahmad, Parvaiz
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society.
PY - 2022/5/1
Y1 - 2022/5/1
N2 - Metalloids in plants have diverse physiological effects. From being essential to beneficial to toxic, they have significant effects on many physiological processes, influencing crop yield and quality. Aquaporins are a group of membrane channels that have several physiological substrates along with water. Metalloids have emerged as one of their important substrates and they are found to have a substantial role in regulating plant metalloid homeostasis. The present review comprehensively details the multiple isoforms of aquaporins having specificity for metalloids and being responsible for their influx, distribution or efflux. In addition, it also highlights the usage of aquaporin-mediated transport as a selection marker in toxic screens and as tracer elements for closely related metalloids. Therefore, aquaporins, with their imperative contribution to the regulation of plant growth, development and physiological processes, need more research to unravel the metalloid trafficking mechanisms and their future applications.
AB - Metalloids in plants have diverse physiological effects. From being essential to beneficial to toxic, they have significant effects on many physiological processes, influencing crop yield and quality. Aquaporins are a group of membrane channels that have several physiological substrates along with water. Metalloids have emerged as one of their important substrates and they are found to have a substantial role in regulating plant metalloid homeostasis. The present review comprehensively details the multiple isoforms of aquaporins having specificity for metalloids and being responsible for their influx, distribution or efflux. In addition, it also highlights the usage of aquaporin-mediated transport as a selection marker in toxic screens and as tracer elements for closely related metalloids. Therefore, aquaporins, with their imperative contribution to the regulation of plant growth, development and physiological processes, need more research to unravel the metalloid trafficking mechanisms and their future applications.
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U2 - 10.1111/ppl.13687
DO - 10.1111/ppl.13687
M3 - Review article
C2 - 35514154
AN - SCOPUS:85132923726
SN - 0031-9317
VL - 174
JO - Physiologia Plantarum
JF - Physiologia Plantarum
IS - 3
M1 - e13687
ER -