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P Harvengt1, A Vlerick, B Fuks
1Laboratoire de Physiologie Végétale, CP 206/2, Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bld du Triomphe, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Abstract:
In plants, aquaporins regulate the water flow through membranes during growth, development and stress responses. We have isolated two isoforms of the aquaporin family from the protein-storage vacuoles of lentil (Lens culinaris Med.) seeds. Chemical cross-linking experiments showed that both isoforms belong to the same oligomer in the membrane and are phosphorylated by a membrane-bound protein kinase. We assigned the kinase activity to a 52 kDa protein that is magnesium-dependent and calcium-regulated.
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