Hyperacidification of Vacuoles by the Combined Action of Two Different P-ATPases in the Tonoplast Determines Flower Color

The acidification of endomembrane compartments is essential for enzyme activities, sorting, trafficking, and trans-membrane transport of various compounds. Vacuoles are mildly acidic in most plant cells because of the action of V-ATPase and/or pyrophosphatase proton pumps but are hyperacidified in s...

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Main Authors: Marianna Faraco, Cornelis Spelt, Mattijs Bliek, Walter Verweij, Atsushi Hoshino, Luca Espen, Bhakti Prinsi, Rinse Jaarsma, Eray Tarhan, Albertus H. de Boer, Gian-Pietro Di Sansebastiano, Ronald Koes, Francesca M. Quattrocchio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-01-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124713007547