Potassium (K+) is an essential mineral macronutrient abundantly present in the cytosol which, unlike other macronutrients, is not metabolized and does not integrate into macromolecules. Compared to animal cells, K+ is more abundantly present in plant cells.
Overall performance of the plant, and operation of metabolic machinery depends upon intracellular K+ homeostasis (K+ uptake and efflux) via K+ channels and transporters acting as mediators of cellular responses during plant development. Unlike animals, plants lack sodium/K+ exchangers; plant cells have developed unique transport systems for K+ accumulation and release. In Arabidopsis thaliana, 71 K+ channels and transporters have been identified and categorized into six families.
Plant adaptive responses to several abiotic and biotic stresses are mediated by regulation of intracellular K+ homeostasis. In this report, we highlight the role of K+ in abiotic and biotic stresses, features of channels and transporters responsible for its homeostasis along with its evolutionary relationship, perception and sensing mechanisms, and K+ deficiency triggering different signaling cascades.
Overall, this book covers the role of K+ in plants would be significantly helpful to research, academic community as well as students to understand the one of the major attributes of plant biology.
Preface
1. Introduction: Overview of Role of potassium.- 2. Potassium Homeostasis.- 3. Potassium uptake and transport system in plants.- 4. Sequence, structure and domain analysis of potassium channels and transporters.- 5. Potassium in plant growth and development.- 6. Potassium in abiotic stress.- 7. Potassium deficiency: A stress signal.- 8. Potassium perception and sensing.- 9. Emerging role of potassium in plants.- 10. Key questions and future perspective.- ReferencesAbbreviations
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| ISBN | 978-3-030-45952-9 |
|---|---|
| Article number | 9783030459529 |
| Media type | Book |
| Copyright year | 2020 |
| Publisher | Springer, Berlin |
| Length | XI, 81 pages |
| Illustrations | XI, 81 p. 13 illus., 12 illus. in color. |
| Language | English |
