Identification of the Elusive Chloroplast Ascorbate Transporter Extends the Substrate Specificity of the PHT Family

Mol Plant. 2015 May;8(5):674-6. doi: 10.1016/j.molp.2015.02.006. Epub 2015 Feb 18.

Authors

Alisdair R Fernie¹, Szilvia Z Tóth²

Affiliations

¹ Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany. Electronic address: fernie@mpimp-golm.mpg.de.
² Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, PO Box 521, Szeged H-6701, Hungary.

PMID: 25700636
DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2015.02.006

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Ascorbic Acid / metabolism*
Chloroplasts / chemistry
Chloroplasts / genetics
Chloroplasts / metabolism*
Membrane Transport Proteins / chemistry*
Membrane Transport Proteins / genetics
Membrane Transport Proteins / metabolism*
Multigene Family
Plant Proteins / chemistry*
Plant Proteins / genetics
Plant Proteins / metabolism*
Plants / chemistry
Plants / genetics
Plants / metabolism*
Substrate Specificity

Substances

Membrane Transport Proteins
Plant Proteins
Ascorbic Acid