Aquaporins A Promising Gene Family for Tackling Stresses for Crop Improvement

Nitnavare, R B and Shankhapal, A R and Shanwaz, M and Bhatnagar-Mathur, P and Reddy, P S (2020) Aquaporins A Promising Gene Family for Tackling Stresses for Crop Improvement. In: Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants. Plant Biotechnology, 1 . CRC Press, Boca Raton, pp. 229-245. ISBN 9780429027505

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Abstract

Aquaporin (AQP) discovery allowed the understanding of a new notion about the dynamics of rapid and controlled water transport across membranes at the rate exceeding that of water diffusion. The small basic intrinsic proteins define the fourth plant AQP subgroup that was first uncovered from genome sequence analysis. Plant AQPs expressions are often triggered or suppressed by the symbiotic association of micro-organisms. A powerful tool in elucidating the AQP function is given by reverse genetics that can also reveal unexpected functions of water channel proteins, which benefit our understanding of sequence–structure and structure–function relationships in plants. The AQP family is a set of genes whose functions are intuitively perceived as important; much isolated information has been accumulated, yet their function is far from being understood in living plants, and we still have a long way to go to fully understand the significance of these proteins.

Item Type:	Book Section
Divisions:	Global Research Program - Accelerated Crop Improvement
CRP:	CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)
Series Name:	Plant Biotechnology
Uncontrolled Keywords:	aquaporins, biotic stress, plant growth, drought stress, salt stress, cold stress, heat stress, osmotic stress
Subjects:	Others > Biotic Stress Others > Crop Improvement Others > Drought Tolerance Others > Plant Growth
Depositing User:	Mr Nagaraju T
Date Deposited:	04 Jul 2024 03:40
Last Modified:	04 Jul 2024 03:57
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/12735
Acknowledgement:	PSR acknowledges the SERB, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India for the research grant under Core Grant Research (CRG) - File No. EMR/20l6/006726. This work was undertaken as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes & Dryland Cereals (CRPGLDC). ICRISAT is a member of the CGIAR Consortium.
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