The Plant Plasma Membrane

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Plasma Membrane Structure and Basic Functions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Lipids of the Plant Plasma Membrane

      • Fabienne Furt, Françoise Simon-Plas, Sébastien Mongrand

      Pages 3-30

   3. Plasma Membrane Protein Trafficking

      • Wendy Ann Peer

      Pages 31-56

   4. The Plasma Membrane and the Cell Wall

      • Arun Sampathkumar, Lutz Neumetzler, Staffan Persson

      Pages 57-85

   5. Plasmodesmata and Noncell Autonomous Signaling in Plants

      • Jung-Youn Lee, Sung Ki Cho, Ross Sager

      Pages 87-107

   6. Posttranslational Modifications of Plasma Membrane Proteins and Their Implications for Plant Growth and Development

      • Christian Luschnig, Georg J. Seifert

      Pages 109-128

3. Plasma Membrane Transporters

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129

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   2. Functional Classification of Plant Plasma Membrane Transporters

      • Burkhard Schulz

      Pages 131-176

   3. Plasma Membrane ATPases

      • Michael G. Palmgren, Lone Bækgaard, Rosa Laura López-Marqués, Anja Thoe Fuglsang

      Pages 177-192

   4. Physiological Roles for the PIP Family of Plant Aquaporins

      • Rosario Vera-Estrella, Hans J. Bohnert

      Pages 193-222

   5. The Role of Plasma Membrane Nitrogen Transporters in Nitrogen Acquisition and Utilization

      • Y. F. Tsay, P. K. Hsu

      Pages 223-236

   6. Plant Plasma Membrane and Phosphate Deprivation

      • Laurent Nussaume, Eric Maréchal, Marie Christine Thibaud, Maryse A. Block

      Pages 237-251

   7. Biology of Plant Potassium Channels

      • Rainer Hedrich, Uta Anschütz, Dirk Becker

      Pages 253-274

   8. Mechanism and Evolution of Calcium Transport Across the Plant Plasma Membrane

      • James M. Connorton, Kendal D. Hirschi, Jon K. Pittman

      Pages 275-289

   9. Sulfate Transport

      • Malcolm J. Hawkesford

      Pages 291-301

   10. Metal Transport

       • Aaron Atkinson, Mary Lou Guerinot

       Pages 303-330

   11. Organic Carbon and Nitrogen Transporters

       • Mechthild Tegeder, Doris Rentsch, John W. Patrick

       Pages 331-352

   12. ABC Transporters and Their Function at the Plasma Membrane

       • Anne Sophie Knöller, Angus S. Murphy

       Pages 353-377

   13. Hormone Transport

       • Ian D. Kerr, David J. Carrier, Jamie Twycross

       Pages 379-397

In plant cells, the plasma membrane is a highly elaborated structure that functions as the point of exchange with adjoining cells, cell walls and the external environment. Transactions at the plasma membrane include uptake of water and essential mineral nutrients, gas exchange, movement of metabolites, transport and perception of signaling molecules, and initial responses to external biota. Selective transporters control the rates and direction of small molecule movement across the membrane barrier and manipulate the turgor that maintains plant form and drives plant cell expansion. The plasma membrane provides an environment in which molecular and macromolecular interactions are enhanced by the clustering of proteins in oligimeric complexes for more efficient retention of biosynthetic intermediates, and by the anchoring of protein complexes to promote regulatory interactions. The coupling of signal perception at the membrane surface with intracellular second messengers also involves transduction across the plasma membrane. Finally, the generation and ordering of the external cell walls involves processes mediated at the plant cell surface by the plasma membrane. This volume is divided into three sections. The first section describes the basic mechanisms that regulate all plasma membrane functions. The second describes plasma membrane transport activity. The final section of the book describes signaling interactions at the plasma membrane. These topics are given a unique treatment in this volume, as the discussions are restricted to the plasma membrane itself as much as possible. A more complete knowledge of the plasma membrane’s structure and function is essential to current efforts to increase the sustainability of agricultural production of food, fiber, and fuel crops.

• cell surface signaling
• plant cell wall interactions
• plant intercellular transport
• plant membrane structure

• Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA

  Angus S. Murphy

• Department of Horticulture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA

  Burkhard Schulz, Wendy Peer

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