Aquaglyceroporins: ancient channels for metalloids.
The identification of aquaglyceroporins as uptake channels for arsenic and antimony shows how these toxic elements can enter the food chain, and suggests that food plants could be genetically modified to exclude arsenic while still accumulating boron and silicon.
Bhattacharjee
Hiranmoy
H
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
Mukhopadhyay
Rita
R
Thiyagarajan
Saravanamuthu
S
Rosen
Barry P
BP
D000965:Antimony / Q000378:metabolism*; D051397:Aquaglyceroporins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D001151:Arsenic / Q000378:metabolism*; D001692:Biological Transport; D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D020387:Food Chain; D005818:Genetic Engineering; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*
D051397:Aquaglyceroporins; D010940:Plant Proteins; D000965:Antimony; D001151:Arsenic