摘要
Waterisanimportantcomponentinplantcellswithplantaquaporinbeingthemajorproteinforwatertransportinandbetweenplantcells.Asasubfamilyofplantaquaporins,theplasmamembraneintrinsicproteins（PIPs）locatedintheplasmamembraneareclassic,highwater,selectivechannelproteins.ThispaperfocusesonrecentadvancesinthemolecularbiologyofPIPsconcerningstructuralcharacteristics,biologicalfunction,andaregulationmechanism.PIPspossesstwohighlyconserveddomains:GGGANXXXXGYandTGI/TNPARSL/FGAAI/VI/VFWF/YN.PIPscanalsobedividedintotwophylogeneticsubgroupsnamedPIP1andPIP2.PIP1possesseslongerNterminalsequencesandshorterCterminalsequencesthanPIP2withconservedaminoacidsequencesrespectively.StudiesoftransgenicplantsandexpressioninXenopusoocytescellsindicatethatPIPsnotonlymayfacilitatetransportofwaterandsmallneutralsoluteslikeCO2andglycerin,buttheyalsopossessmanyphysiologicalfunctions.Thefunctionsofplantaquaporinsareregulatedbymanyfactorsincludingpost-translationalmodification,heteromerization,pHvalue,anddivalentcations.TheseresultsindicatedthatPIPsactasapivotalroleinwaterandsmallneutralsolutestransportinplants.
出版日期
2012年03月13日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
