Communications Biology (Nov 2022)

The evolution of plant proton pump regulation via the R domain may have facilitated plant terrestrialization

  • Anett Stéger,
  • Maki Hayashi,
  • Emil Wacenius Lauritzen,
  • Klaus Herburger,
  • Lana Shabala,
  • Cuiwei Wang,
  • Amalie Kofoed Bendtsen,
  • Anton Frisgaard Nørrevang,
  • Kenneth Madriz-Ordeñana,
  • Shichao Ren,
  • Mai Duy Luu Trinh,
  • Hans Thordal‑Christensen,
  • Anja Thoe Fuglsang,
  • Sergey Shabala,
  • Jeppe Thulin Østerberg,
  • Michael Palmgren

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04291-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Phylogenetic analyses and physiological experiments indicate that the regulatory domain of plant proton pumps could have been key in the plant transition to land from water.