Analysis of Porphyra Membrane Transporters Demonstrates Gene Transfer among Photosynthetic Eukaryotes and Numerous Sodium-Coupled Transport Systems

• Published in: Plant physiology (Bethesda) Vol. 158; no. 4; pp. 2001 - 2012
• Main Authors: Chan, Cheong Xin, Zäuner, Simone, Wheeler, Glen, Grossman, Arthur R., Prochnik, Simon E., Blouin, Nicolas A., Zhuang, Yunyun, Benning, Christoph, Berg, Gry Mine, Yarish, Charles, Eriksen, Renée L., Klein, Anita S., Lin, Senjie, Levine, Ira, Brawley, Susan H., Bhattacharya, Debashish
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Rockville, MD American Society of Plant Biologists 01.04.2012
• Subjects: Algae; Aquaporins - metabolism; Bangiophyceae; Biological and medical sciences; Biological Transport - genetics; Calcium Signaling - genetics; Cell membranes; Eukaryota - genetics; Evolution; Evolution, Molecular; Expressed Sequence Tags; Fresh Water; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gene Transfer, Horizontal - genetics; Genes; GENETICS, GENOMICS, AND MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; Genomes; Green algae; Ion Transport - genetics; Lipid Metabolism - genetics; Membrane transport proteins; Membrane Transport Proteins - genetics; Membrane Transport Proteins - metabolism; Molecular Sequence Data; Nitrates - metabolism; Photosynthesis - genetics; Phylogeny; Plant physiology and development; Plantae; Plants; Plastids; Porphyra - genetics; Porphyra purpurea; Porphyra umbilicalis; Quaternary Ammonium Compounds - metabolism; Red algae; Rhodophyta; Seawater; Sodium - metabolism; Stramenopiles; Transcriptome - genetics; Rhodophyta; Sodium; Plant physiology; Algae; Porphyra; Membrane; Marine alga; Photosynthesis; Transport; Bangiophyceae; Genetic transfer

Membrane transporters play a central role in many cellular processes that rely on the movement of ions and organic molecules between the environment and the cell, and between cellular compartments. Transporters have been well characterized in plants and green algae, but little is known about transpo...