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Roles of Ion Channels in the Environmental Responses of Plants

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When plant cells are exposed to environmental stresses or perceive internal signal molecules involved in growth and development, ion channels are transiently activated to convert these stimuli into intracellular signals. Among the ions taken up by plant cells, Ca2+ plays an essential role as an intracellular second messenger in plants; the cytoplasmic free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]c) is therefore strictly regulated. Signal transduction pathways mediated by changes in [Ca2+]c – termed Ca2+ signaling – are initiated by the activation of Ca2+-permeable channels in many cases. To date, a large body of electrophysiological and recent molecular biological studies have revealed that plants possess Ca2+ channels belonging to distinct types with different gating mechanisms, and a variety of genes for Ca2+-permeable channels have been isolated and functionally characterized. Topics in this chapter focus on long-distance signal translocation in plants and the characteristics of a variety of plant Ca2+-permeable channels including voltage-dependent Ca2+-permeable channels, cyclic nucleotide-gated cation channels, ionotropic glutamate receptors and mechanosensitive channels. We discuss their roles in environmental responses and in the regulation of growth and development.

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Furuichi, T., Kawano, T., Tatsumi, H., Sokabe, M. (2008). Roles of Ion Channels in the Environmental Responses of Plants. In: Martinac, B. (eds) Sensing with Ion Channels. Springer Series in Biophysics, vol 11. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72739-2_3

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