Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: Amino acids play fundamental roles in a multitude of functions including protein synthesis, hormone metabolism, nerve transmission, cell growth, production of metabolic energy, nucleobase synthesis, nitrogen metabolism, and urea biosynthesis. Selaginella as a member of the lycophytes is part of an ancient lineage of vascular plants that had arisen ∼400 million years ago. In angiosperms, which have attracted most of the attention for nutrient transport so far, we have been able to identify many of the key transporters for nitrogen. Their role is not always fully clear, thus an analysis of Selaginella as a representative of an ancient vascular plant may help shed light on the evolution and function of these diverse transporters. Here we annotated and analyzed the genes encoding putative transporters involved in cellular uptake of amino acids present in the Selaginella genome.
Source: Frontiers in Plant Science
Authors: Daniel Wipf, Dominique Loqué, Sylvie Lalonde, Wolf B. Frommer
Language: English
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,801
Awards: Arabidopsis 2010: The role of nutrient sensing and signaling for ammonium nutrition in plants, G222768804, Impact of the biotrophic transportome on mutualistic plant-fungal interactions., SUGAR TRANSPORT AND SENSING IN ARABIDOPSIS, G7240651115, INTERGRATION OF SUGAR TRANSPORT, METABOLISM AND SENSING IN ARABIDOPSIS
OpenAlex ID: W2024978985