Article
PvAMT1;1, a highly selective ammonium transporter that functions as H+/NH4(+) symporter.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 9 Sept 2011
Ortiz-Ramirez Carlos, Mora Silvia I, Trejo Jorge, Pantoja Omar
Abstract excerpt
One of the main forms of nitrogen assimilated by microorganisms and plants is ammonium, despite its toxicity at low millimolar concentrations. Ammonium absorption has been demonstrated to be carried out by highly selective plasma membrane-located transporters of the AMT/MEP/Rh family and characterized by the presence of a well conserved hydrophobic pore through which ammonia is proposed to move. However,...
Topics
- Cation Transport Proteins
- Cytoplasm
- Electrophysiological Phenomena
- Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
- Mutation
- Phaseolus
- Plant Proteins
- Quaternary Ammonium Compounds
- Symporters
