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RESEARCH PRODUCT
The Formation of The Plant Vacuolar System
Natasha V. RaikhelFrancis MartyAlexandre Da Silva ConceicãoDanièle Marty-mazarssubject
chemistry.chemical_classificationchemistryfungiOrganelleProtein storage vacuolefood and beveragesStorage proteinEndomembrane systemVacuoleCompartment (chemistry)Matrix (biology)Plant cellCell biologydescription
The plant vacuole is a multifunctional subcellular compartment. In general, the vacuolar system is constituted of a single or few vacuoles. About 80% of the volume of mature plant cells is occupied by vacuoles. These organelles are limited by a single membrane, the tonoplast. According to the cell type and to particular functions, the vacuolar content can vary from a homogeneous consistency to a heterogeneous matrix containing crystalloid structures (Boiler, Wiemken, 1986; Marty et al., 1980). From the biotechnological point of view, the endomembrane system of plants, particularly the ER and vacuoles, can be envisioned as the ultimate environment for stable protein accumulation. Several reports have successfully used seed storage vacuoles for the expression of heterologous proteins. We believe that the engineering of other plant tissues, and their vacuoles, to further develop transgenic plants as an economically feasible system for the large-scale production of recombinant proteins, will be possible in the future (da Silva Conceicao, Raikhel, 1996).
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-01-01 |