title: Long-Sought Vacuolar Phosphate Transporters Identified.
abstract: The vacuole is an important subcellular compartment that serves as main phosphate storage in plants among other functions. Three recent studies shed light on the underlying molecular mechanisms for vacuolar phosphate transport that had long remained unknown.
authors.affiliation: Botanical Institute, Cologne Biocenter, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences, University of Cologne, D-50931 Cologne, Germany. Electronic address: m.bucher@uni-koeln.de.
authors.forename: Marcel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bucher
authors.affiliation: Botanical Institute, Cologne Biocenter, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences, University of Cologne, D-50931 Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: Izabela
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fabiańska
mesh_terms: D001692:Biological Transport; D008954:Models, Biological; D010710:Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014617:Vacuoles / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D010710:Phosphates