These stepwise changes allowed VAMP72 to evolve into VAMP727, supporting the development of the efficient vacuolar transport system found in seed plants. Credit: Takashi Ueda and Masaru Fujimoto Seed ...

Photosynthesis -- mainly carried out by plants -- is based on a remarkably efficient energy conversion process. To generate chemical energy, sunlight must first be captured and transported further.

A research team has revealed the molecular steps that led to the emergence of this plant-specific vacuolar transport system. Their work shows that the acquisition of this pathway was driven by the ...

Plants produce all the amino acids essential for human life. This commonly occurs in specialized cell organelles, so-called plastids. A research team headed by Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf ...

Plants rely on an intricate network of transport pathways to distribute photoassimilates from sites of synthesis (sources) to sites of utilisation or storage (sinks). Sucrose, the principal transport ...

Soil salinisation presents a critical challenge to agriculture by imposing ionic and osmotic stress on plants. Central to salt tolerance is the ability to regulate intracellular concentrations of ...