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- Title
Aquaporins and their implications on seeds: A brief review.
- Authors
Chinnasamy, G. P.; Sundareswaran, S.; Subramanian, K. S.; Raja, K.; Renganayaki, P. R.; Marimuthu, S.
- Abstract
Aquaporins (AQPs) are water channel proteins. They play a key role in maintaining water balance and homeostasis in cells under stress conditions in living organisms. AQPs are pore forming transmembrane proteins that facilitate water movement and various small neutral solutes across cellular membranes. Aquaporin expression and transport functions are modulated by various phytohormones mediated signalling in plants. Transcriptome analysis revealed the role of aquaporins in regulating hydraulic conductance in plant roots and leaves. Different AQPs found in the seed system have individual functions that are more time and tissue specific, ultimately helping in the seed imbibition process to complete seed germination. Seed specific TIP3s aquaporin helps to maintain seed longevity under expressional control of ABI3 during seed maturation and heat shock proteins and late embryogenic abundant proteins. Under stress circumstances, the major significance of aquaporin expression in seeds is to maintain water influx and efflux rates, as well as protein modification, post translational alterations, nutritional acquisition and allocation, subcellular trafficking and CO2 transport. The present review mainly focused on aquaporin structure, classification, role and functional activity during solute transport, reproductive organs development, plant growth development, abiotic stress response and also various roles in seeds such as seed biology, seed development and maturation, seed dormancy, seed germination and longevity.
- Subjects
GERMINATION; AQUAPORINS; HEAT shock proteins; LONGEVITY; MEMBRANE proteins; SEED viability; MORPHOGENESIS
- Publication
Journal of Applied & Natural Science, 2021, Vol 13, Issue 3, p970
- ISSN
0974-9411
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.31018/jans.v13i3.2830