Metal and Nutrient Transporters in Abiotic Stress

1st Edition - April 8, 2021
Editors: Aryadeep Roychoudhury, Durgesh Kumar Tripathi, Rupesh Deshmukh
Language: English
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Metal and Nutrient Transporters in Abiotic Stress focuses on the different forms of environmental stress related to heavy metal, metalloid and nutrient deficiency that have the… Read more

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Metal and Nutrient Transporters in Abiotic Stress focuses on the different forms of environmental stress related to heavy metal, metalloid and nutrient deficiency that have the potential to inflict major damages to crop plants, leading to a massive decrease in crop yield and productivity. The book presents the current state of knowledge of the biochemical and molecular regulation of several classes of membrane transporters related to the uptake of metals/metalloids and nutrient elements during different stresses and their probable mechanisms of operation in plant stress tolerance.

Metal and Nutrient Transporters in Abiotic Stress
provides a comprehensive discussion that will help in mitigating multiple forms of stresses utilizing transporter proteins. Edited by leading experts and written by a global team of knowledgeable contributors, this book will further stimulate research in the field of transporter proteins and will foster further interests for researchers, academicians and scientists worldwide. It is complimented by its companion book titled Transporters and Plant Osmotic Stress.

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Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Contributors
1: Computational tools and approaches for aquaporin (AQP) research
Abstract
Acknowledgment
1: Introduction
2: Aquaporin role in cellular transport
3: Structural dynamics of aquaporins
4: Approaches for aquaporin tertiary structure determination
5: Challenges for protein crystallography of membrane proteins
6: 2D crystallization
7: Web server for predicting the solubility of a protein
8: Computational tools and servers for protein structure determination
9: Computational tools and approaches for aquaporin proteomics
10: Computational tools and approaches for genome-wide identification of aquaporins
11: Computational tools and approaches for transcriptomic studies for aquaporin
12: Conclusion
2: P-type ATPases and their role in metal homeostasis in plants
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Metal homeostasis in plants
3: P-type ATPases
4: Ion transport mechanism of P-type ATPases
5: Classification of P-type ATPases and their role in metal transport
6: P-type ATPases and metal homeostasis in plants
7: Conclusion
3: Role of ABC transporters and other vacuolar transporters during heavy metal stress in plants
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Heavy metals and the environment
3: Mechanisms of metal uptake in plants
4: Mechanisms of plant metal tolerance
5: Heavy metal transporters
6: Multidrug and toxic compound extrusion (MATE) family
7: ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporters
8: Natural resistance associated macrophage protein (NRAMP) transporters
9: Heavy metal transporter CPx-ATPases
10: Heavy-metal transporting ATPase (HMA) transporters
11: Zinc-iron permease (ZIP) proteins
12: Iron-regulated transporter (IRT)
13: Zinc transporters (ZNTs)
14: Copper transporter COPT /CTR family
15: Cation exchangers (CAX) transporters
16: Heavy metal-associated domain (HMAD) isoprenylated plant proteins (HIPPs)
17: Cation diffusion facilitators (CDFs)/metal tolerance proteins (MTPs)
18: Organellar transporters
19: Ion channels and aquaporins
20: Chelators
4: Transporters involved in arsenic uptake, translocation, and efflux in plants
Abstract
Acknowledgments
1: Introduction
2: Mechanism of arsenic uptake and efflux in plants
3: Efflux of arsenic into the external environment
4: Transport of arsenic in rice nodes
5: Transport of arsenic into rice grain
6: Conclusion and future perspectives
5: Silicon and selenium transporters in plants under abiotic stresses
Abstract
Financial support
Conflict of interest
1: Introduction
2: The beneficial role of Si under abiotic stress
3: Beneficial roles of Se under abiotic stresses
4: Si and Se uptake, transport, and accumulation in plants
5: Conclusions
6: Transporters regulating aluminum uptake, accumulation, and toxicity in plants
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Aluminum prevents biotic and abiotic stress
3: Transporters of aluminum in the plasma membrane and vacuolar compartmentalization
4: Aluminum induced transporters which provide tolerance to plants
5: Role of transporters in aluminum tolerance
6: Conclusions
7: Silicon transporters in plants
Abstract
Acknowledgments
1: Introduction
2: Protective role of Si in plants under different stress conditions
3: Major transporters of Si
4: Uptake and transportation of Si in plants
5: Conclusion and future perspectives
8: Role of transporters of copper, manganese, zinc, and nickel in plants exposed to heavy metal stress
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Major categories of transport proteins
3: Transporters involved in the transport of specific metals
4: Conclusions and future perspectives
9: Calcium sensing and signaling in plants during metal/metalloid stress
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Decoding of the Ca2 + signature
3: Ca2 + signaling and heavy metal tolerance in plants
4: Conclusion
10: Cobalt and molybdenum transport in plants
Abstract
Acknowledgments
1: Introduction
2: Transport and distribution of cobalt and molybdenum in plants
3: Transporters for cobalt and molybdenum
4: Conclusion and future perspectives
11: Metalloid transporters and channels in plants
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Toxic metalloids in soils
3: Transport mechanism of metalloids
4: Role of transporters in metalloid tolerance mechanism of plants
5: Transgenic approach in improving metalloid tolerance in plants
6: Conclusions and future prospects
12: Regulation of boron, iron, and cadmium transporters in maintaining proper balance between their deficiency and excess in plants
Abstract
1: Introduction: Why boron is important for plants
2: Physiological significance of boron
3: Root morphology and physiology affecting boron uptake
4: How the iron becomes available to plants
5: Transport mechanism of iron in plants
6: Cellular storage of iron
7: Role of other factors in regulating iron homeostasis
8: Physiological processes involved in cadmium uptake in plants
9: Conclusions
Index

Aryadeep Roychoudhury

Prof. (Dr.) Aryadeep Roychoudhury is currently serving as Professor in the Discipline of Life Sciences, School of Sciences, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi. Before joining IGNOU, he worked as Assistant Professor at the Post Graduate Department of Biotechnology, St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata. Prof. Roychoudhury did B.Sc. (Honours) in Botany from Presidency College, Kolkata, and M.Sc. in Biophysics and Molecular Biology from University of Calcutta. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Science from Bose Institute, Kolkata under Jadavpur University in the area of Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. He has been associated with the molecular regulation of late embryogenesis abundant genes and the basic leucine zipper group of transcription factors, governing salt tolerance in rice. His post doctoral research was based on translational research on transgenic rice with enhanced salt and drought tolerance. His current research interests include physiological and molecular responses and cell signaling of plants during diverse abiotic stresses including fluoride, heavy metals, salinity and drought. He holds 23 years of research experience in the concerned discipline. Prof. Roychoudhury has handled several government-funded projects on abiotic stress responses in rice and supervised five Ph.D. students as sole principal investigator. To date, he has published over 260 articles in peer- reviewed journals and chapters in books of international and national repute. He has already edited 14 books from reputed publishers and has also guest edited special issues in several renowned international journals. Prof. Roychoudhury is the recipient of the Young Scientist Award 2019, conferred by the International Foundation for Environment and Ecology, at the University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India. His name is included in the Stanford University’s List of World’s Top 2% Most Influential Scientists

Affiliations and expertise

Department of Biotechnology, St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata, India

Durgesh Kumar Tripathi

Dr. Durgesh Kumar Tripathi is currently an Associate Professor at Amity Institute of Organic Agriculture, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India. He is the recipient of ‘Dr DS Kothari Post-Doctoral Fellowship’ of the UGC, New Delhi. Dr. Tripathi has received his D.Phil. in Science from University of Allahabad, India. During this period, Dr. Tripathi worked extensively on phytolith analysis, crop stress physiology, agro-nanotechnology and molecular biology. He has expertise on laser spectroscopy. His research interests encompass stress tolerance mechanisms in plants. Presently, he is working with nano-materials and their interactions with plants to find out their detoxification mechanisms, he is also working on Silicon, Nitric oxide and hormonal crosstalk against abiotic stress in plants.

Affiliations and expertise

Amity University Uttar Pradesh

Rupesh Deshmukh

Affiliations and expertise

University Laval, Quebec, Canada and Ramaligaswami Fellow, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, India

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