Just like in yeast and animal cells, vacuoles in plants are responsible for breaking down unwanted cellular components. At ...

This protein storage function is unique to plant vacuoles and does not occur in other organisms. During evolution, plants developed a dedicated mechanism to transport large quantities of proteins into ...

Researchers have just elucidated structures of a sugar transport protein that drives transport of sugar in plants. The study provides a comprehensive insight into sugar uptake into plant organs such ...

Stubby roots, brittle branches, poor fertility -- these are some of the symptoms which can occur in the case of boron deficiency in plants. Thanks to transport proteins called Nodulin26-like-intrinsic ...

This illustration shows how the membrane trafficking protein VAMP72 gradually changed during plant evolution to give rise to VAMP727, which functions in transporting storage proteins to vacuoles. The ...

Sulfur is a vital macronutrient that plays central roles in plant growth, development and stress resilience. In plants, sulfur is primarily absorbed as sulfate from the soil and is subsequently ...

Plants transport water and nutrients from their environment through specialized pores. Researchers at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) have shed light on a little-known but essential mechanism for ...

In 1829, London physician Dr. Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward sealed a plant inside a glass container - an experiment that revolutionised global plant transport and forever transformed ecosystems, gardens and ...

Global change and plant water relations -- Cavitation. A review: past, present and future -- Effect of cavitation on the status of water in plants -- Stomatal control of xylem -- Refilling of ...