Regulation of potassium transport in leaves: from molecular to tissue level.
Over millions of years, plants have evolved a sophisticated network of K+ transport systems. This Botanical Briefing provides an overview of K+ transporters in various leaf tissues (epidermis, mesophyll, guard cells and vascular system) at both the cellular and organelle levels. Despite the tremendous progress in our knowledge of genes encoding K+ transport systems in plants, understanding has not developed of coordinated functioning and operation of these genes or proteins in the context of whole plant physiology and plant-environment interaction. This Botanical Briefing is aimed at filling that gap by analysing electrophysiological and molecular evidence for mechanisms coordinating K+ transport between various leaf cells and tissues in changing environments.
D001692:Biological Transport; D001901:Botany / Q000639:trends; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D010944:Plants / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism*; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism*
D011188:Potassium