Open AccessA TGN/EE-Localized V-ATPase Contributes to Vacuolar Acidification
Author(s) -
Kathleen L. Farquharson
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the plant cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324
H-Index - 341
eISSN - 1532-298X
pISSN - 1040-4651
DOI - 10.1105/tpc.15.00959
Subject(s) - vacuole , biology , atpase , function (biology) , microbiology and biotechnology , v atpase , biophysics , biochemistry , enzyme , cytoplasm
Mature plant cells are characterized by a large tonoplast-bound central vacuole that detoxifies harmful substances and stores ions and metabolites. Vacuolar function depends on massive fluxes of molecules across the tonoplast. These fluxes are energized by two types of proton pumps, vacuolar H+-
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