Aquaporins and the control of the water status in coffee plants

Six aquaporin (AQP) homologues were identified in three coffee species (Coffea arabica, C. Canephora, and C. racemosa), including four plasma membrane intrinsic proteins (PIP1;1, PIP1;2, PIP2;1, and PIP2;2) and two tonoplast intrinsic proteins (TIP1;1 and TIP1;2). In order to better understand the role of these genes in coffee, C. arabica cvs Catuaí and Mundo Novo, C. canephora cv. Apoatã, and a graft of Mundo Novo on Apoatã were water stressed, and the expression levels of PIP1;2, PIP2;1, PIP2;2, and TIP1;2 were analyzed in the roots and leaves. The expression of PIP2;1 and PIP2;2 was clea...

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