Hyperacidification of vacuoles by the combined action of two different P-ATPases in the tonoplast determines flower color.

M. Faraco, C.E. Spelt, M. Bliek, W. Verweij, A. Hoshino, L. Espen, B. Prinsi, R. Jaarsma, E. Tarhan, A.H. de Boer, G.P. Di Sansebastiano, R.E. Koes, F.M. Quattrocchio

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Abstract

The acidification of endomembrane compartments is essential for enzyme activities, sorting, trafficking, and trans-membrane transport of various compounds. Vacuoles are mildly acidic in most plant cells because of the action of V-ATPase and/or pyrophosphatase proton pumps but are hyperacidified in specific cells by mechanisms that remained unclear.Here, we show that the blue petal color of petunia ph mutants is due to a failure to hyperacidify vacuoles. We report that PH1 encodes a P
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)32-43
JournalCell Reports
Volume6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

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