This illustration shows how the membrane trafficking protein VAMP72 gradually changed during plant evolution to give rise to VAMP727, which functions in transporting storage proteins to vacuoles. The ...

Researchers have filled two knowledge gaps: The vacuoles of plant cells can be excited and the TPC1 ion channel is involved in this process. The function of this channel, which is also found in humans ...

Plants droop and shed their leaves when parched, but with a splash of water, their stems regain strength and their leaves ...

A little-studied plant cellular complex plays an essential role in a biological process - vacuole fusion - critical to plant growth and development, according to new research from North Carolina State ...

We measured the osmotic water permeability (Pos) of vacuoles isolated from onion (Allium cepa L.), rape (Brassica napus L.), petunia (Petunia hybrida Hook.) and red beet (Beta vulgaris L.). For all ...

Membrane proteins are proteins that are part of or interact with cell membranes, and they are responsible for carrying out the majority of the functions of these membranes. Membrane proteins account ...

Ion stimulation and some other properties of an ATPase activity associated with vacuoles isolated from storage roots of red beet (Beta vulgaris L.) have been determined. The ATPase had a specific ...