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There is strong evidence that aquaporins are central components in plant water relations. Plant species possess more aquaporin genes than species from other kingdoms. According to sequence similarities, four major groups have been identified, which can be further divided into subgroups that may correspond to localization and transport selectivity. They may be involved in compatible solute distribution, gas-transfer (CO2, NH3) as well as in micronutrient uptake (boric acid). Recent advances in determining the structure of some aquaporins gives further details on the mechanism of selectivity. Gating behaviour of aquaporins is poorly understood but evidence is mounting that phosphorylation, pH, pCa and osmotic gradients can affect water channel activity. Aquaporins are enriched in zones of fast cell division and expansion, or in areas where water flow or solute flux density would be expected to be high. This includes biotrophic interfaces between plants and parasites, between plants and symbiotic bacteria or fungi, and between germinating pollen and stigma. On a cellular level aquaporin clusters have been identified in some membranes. There is also a possibility that aquaporins in the endoplasmic reticulum may function in symplasmic transport if water can flow from cell to cell via the desmotubules in plasmodesmata. Functional characterization of aquaporins in the native membrane has raised doubt about the conclusiveness of expression patterns alone and need to be conducted in parallel. The challenge will be to elucidate gating on a molecular level and cellular level and to tie those findings into plant water relations on a macroscopic scale where various flow pathways need to be considered.
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PMID:Plant aquaporins: multifunctional water and solute channels with expanding roles. 1184 62

The stigma and style portions of red clover pistils were culturedin vitro after cross- (genetically compatible) or self- (incompatible) pollination. Pollen tubes grew through styles in which they were compatible and, in some treatments, through styles which were incompatible.Boric acid, calcium nitrate and a carbohydrate in the medium, and moderate-to-cool temperatures generally enhanced pollen tube growth of compatible and incompatible matings. Several plant hormones at high concentrations inhibited pollen growth with compatible matings and did not retard the incompatibility mechanism. Application of high temperatures to the flower heads during the period of anthesis retarded the incompatibility mechanism. This temperature treatment affected the styles and not the pollen. In one of three experiments the application of relatively large amounts of pollen to the stigma rendered the incompatibility mechanism less effective.
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PMID:Growth ofTrifolium pratense L. pollen tubes in compatible and incompatible styles of excised pistils. 2444 92