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Membrane Transporters in Plant Stress Adaptation

Submission Deadline: 31 January 2027 View: 463 Submit to Special Issue

Guest Editor(s)

Prof. Dr. Sergey Shabala

Email: sergey.shabala@uwa.edu.au

Affiliation: School of Biological Science, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

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Research Interests: stress physiology, membrane transport, salinity stress, drought stress, oxidative stress, waterlogging

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Prof. Dr. Chen Lin

Email: clin@yzu.edu.cn

Affiliation: Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, China

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Research Interests: molecular mechanisms of plant hypoxia stress tolerance and germplasm innovation, utilization of novel CRISPR tools in rapeseed, molecular mechanisms of phytosulfokine in enhancing rapeseed resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses

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Summary

Plants are constantly challenged by environmental stresses such as drought, salinity, and extreme temperatures. Sensing these signals and mounting rapid adaptive responses rely heavily on the precise transport of ions, metabolites, hormones, and signaling molecules across membranes by solute transporters. This Special Issue aims to bring together cutting-edge research on how transporter families (e.g., ABC, MIPS, SWEET, NHX, HKT) mediate plant responses to single and combined stresses at the molecular, biochemical, and physiological levels to maintain ion homeostasis, osmotic balance, and energy allocation. We particularly encourage studies integrating structural biology, transport kinetics, and multi-omics approaches.


Keywords

solute transporters, abiotic stressi, on homeostasis,osmotic balance, signal transduction, multi-omics, membrane transport

Published Papers


  • Open Access

    REVIEW

    Heavy Metal-Associated Isoprenylated Plant Proteins (HIPPs): Multifunctional Regulators of Metal Homeostasis, Abiotic/Biotic Stress Responses, and Plant Development

    Shi Xu, Jingjing Sun, Jiayi Ji, Junhao Huang, Yiyong Zhu, Haidong Ding, Ming Ding
    Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.95, No.7, 2026, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2026.086430
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Membrane Transporters in Plant Stress Adaptation)
    Abstract Heavy metal-associated isoprenylated plant proteins (HIPPs) are a class of vascular plant specific metallochaperones, characterized by the presence of one or two N-terminal heavy metal-associated (HMA) domains and a C-terminal isoprenylation motif (CaaX). The HMA domain contains a conserved CysXXCys motif that is responsible for binding transition metals such as Cd2+, Cu2+, Zn2+ and Pb2+. The CaaX motif modulates post-translational prenylation that anchors HIPPs to membranes and facilitates protein-protein interactions. This review systematically summarizes the structural features and multifaceted functions of HIPPs in plants. Beyond their well known function in heavy metal detoxification, HIPPs are more recently More >

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