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ArticleThe EMBO journal2007

Constitutive activation of a plasma membrane H(+)-ATPase prevents abscisic acid-mediated stomatal closure.

Sylvain Merlot, Nathalie Leonhardt, Francesca Fenzi, Christiane Valon, Miguel Costa, Laurie Piette, Alain Vavasseur, Bernard Genty, Karine Boivin, Axel Müller and 2 more

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Article in The EMBO journal, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 156 papers.

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156 citing papers in PubMed, 344 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Sylvain MerlotInstitut des Sciences du Végétal, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UPR 2355, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
Nathalie Leonhardt
Francesca Fenzi
Christiane Valon
Miguel Costa
Laurie Piette
Alain Vavasseur
Bernard Genty
Karine Boivin
Axel Müller
Jérôme Giraudat
Jeffrey Leung
Institut des Sciences du Végétal · FRCEA Cadarache · FRCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRCommissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives · FR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Light activates proton (H(+))-ATPases in guard cells, to drive hyperpolarization of the plasma membrane to initiate stomatal opening, allowing diffusion of ambient CO(2) to photosynthetic tissues. Light to darkness transition, high CO(2) levels and the stress hormone abscisic acid (ABA) promote stomatal closing. The overall H(+)-ATPase activity is diminished by ABA treatments, but the significance of this phenomenon in relationship to stomatal closure is still debated. We report two dominant mutations in the OPEN STOMATA2 (OST2) locus of Arabidopsis that completely abolish stomatal response to ABA, but importantly, to a much lesser extent the responses to CO(2) and darkness. The OST2 gene encodes the major plasma membrane H(+)-ATPase AHA1, and both mutations cause constitutive activity of this pump, leading to necrotic lesions. H(+)-ATPases have been traditionally assumed to be general endpoints of all signaling pathways affecting membrane polarization and transport. Our results provide evidence that AHA1 is a distinct component of an ABA-directed signaling pathway, and that dynamic downregulation of this pump during drought is an essential step in membrane depolarization to initiate stomatal closure.

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Abscisic AcidArabidopsisCell MembraneCell SizeGene Expression Regulation, PlantMutationNecrosisPlant DiseasesPlants, Genetically ModifiedProtonsProton-Translocating ATPasesSaccharomyces cerevisiaeAbscisic AcidProtonsProton-Translocating ATPases

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PMID17557075
PMCPMC1914098
OpenAlexW2047312008

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