ArticleThe Plant cell2010
Arabidopsis ABCG transporters, which are required for export of diverse cuticular lipids, dimerize in different combinations.
Article in The Plant cell, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 131 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
131 citing papers in PubMed, 286 citations in OpenAlex.
- Beyond membrane transport: Transporters as dynamic signal integrators for plant signaling and adaptation.Plant communications · 2026Review
- Wheat GT-1-like Transcription Factor Boosts Cutin Biosynthesis.Biomolecules · 2026Article
- Wheat MYB46-like Transcription Factor Stimulates Cuticular Wax Biosynthesis.Biomolecules · 2026Article
- ABC transporter BrABCG12 mutation results in tender green glossy leaves in Chinese cabbage.TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2026Article
- Article
- Wheat Class I TCP Transcription Factor TaTCP15 Positively Regulates Cutin and Cuticular Wax Biosynthesis.Biomolecules · 2026Article
- Comprehensive Analysis of theBiology · 2025Article
- LAZY5 acts in an LAZY1-independent pathway to regulate rice tiller angle.Plant biotechnology journal · 2025Article
- Automated, high-throughput in situ hybridization of sea urchin (Lytechinus pictus) embryos.Development (Cambridge, England) · 2025Article
- Mutations in BrMYB31 lead to a glossy phenotype caused by a deficiency in epidermal wax crystals in Chinese cabbage.TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2025Article
- Characterization of two G-type half-size ABC transporter genes from the lipid-secreting medicinal plant Lithospermum erythrorhizon.Journal of plant research · 2025Article
- Genome-wide analysis of the AarPDR gene family in Artemisia argyi and its potential role in regulating terpenoids transport.BMC plant biology · 2025Article
- JA-Mediated Regulation of Amino Acid Homeostasis Adjusts Metabolic Flux and Enhances Spider Mite Tolerance via the SlJAZ8-SlWRKY57-SlAVT6s Module in Tomato.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Comparative transcriptome profiling and co-expression network analysis reveals important genes regulating maize response to Southern corn rust.BMC plant biology · 2025Article
- Wounding induces multilayered barrier formation in mature leaves via phytohormone signalling and ATML1-mediated epidermal specification.Nature plants · 2025Article
- Global identification of key genes for pollen germination in rice through high-throughput screening and gene editing.Journal of integrative plant biology · 2025Article
- Structure and release function of fragrance glands.Horticulture research · 2025Article
- Message hidden in α-helices-toward a better understanding of plant ABCG transporters' multispecificity.Plant physiology · 2025Article
- A highly conserved ABCG transporter mediates root-soil cohesion in Arabidopsis.Plant physiology · 2025Article
- The Effect of Heat Stress on Wheat Flag Leaves Revealed by Metabolome and Transcriptome Analyses During the Reproductive Stage.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
71 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporters play diverse roles, including lipid transport, in all kingdoms. ABCG subfamily transporters that are encoded as half-transporters require dimerization to form a functional ABC transporter. Different dimer combinations that may transport diverse substrates have been predicted from mutant phenotypes. In Arabidopsis thaliana, mutant analyses have shown that ABCG11/WBC11 and ABCG12/CER5 are required for lipid export from the epidermis to the protective cuticle. The objective of this study was to determine whether ABCG11 and ABCG12 interact with themselves or each other using bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) and protein traffic assays in vivo. With BiFC, ABCG11/ABCG12 heterodimers and ABCG11 homodimers were detected, while ABCG12 homodimers were not. Fluorescently tagged ABCG11 or ABCG12 was localized in the stem epidermal cells of abcg11 abcg12 double mutants. ABCG11 could traffic to the plasma membrane in the absence of ABCG12, suggesting that ABCG11 is capable of forming flexible dimer partnerships. By contrast, ABCG12 was retained in the endoplasmic reticulum in the absence of ABCG11, indicating that ABCG12 is only capable of forming a dimer with ABCG11 in epidermal cells. Emerging themes in ABCG transporter biology are that some ABCG proteins are promiscuous, having multiple partnerships, while other ABCG transporters form obligate heterodimers for specialized functions.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.