Endocytosis is a fundamental cellular process by means of which cells internalize extracellular and plasma membrane cargos for recycling or degradation. It is important for the establishment and maintenance of cell polarity, subcellular signaling and uptake of nutrients into specialized cells, but also for plant cell interactions with pathogenic and symbiotic microbes. Endocytosis starts by vesicle formation at the plasma membrane and progresses through early and late endosomal compartments. In these endosomes cargo is sorted and it is either recycled back to the plasma membrane, or degraded in the lytic vacuole. This book presents an overview of our current knowledge of endocytosis in plants with a main focus on the key molecules undergoing and regulating endocytosis. It also provides up to date methodological approaches as well as principles of protein, structural lipid, sugar and microbe internalization in plant cells. The individual chapters describe clathrin-mediated and fluid-phase endocytosis, as well as flotillin-mediated endocytosis and internalization of microbes. The book was written for a broad spectrum of readers including students, teachers and researchers.
Author(s): Olga à amajová, Tomáš Takáč, Daniel von Wangenheim, Ernst Stelzer (auth.), Jozef à amaj (eds.)
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2012
Language: English
Pages: X, 336 p. 38 illus. 24 illus. in color.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Update on Methods and Techniques to Study Endocytosis in Plants....Pages 1-36
Chemical Effectors of Plant Endocytosis and Endomembrane Trafficking....Pages 37-61
Cell Polarity and Endocytosis....Pages 63-80
Endocytosis and Vesicular Recycling in Root Hairs and Pollen Tubes....Pages 81-106
Fluid-Phase Endocytosis in Plant Cells....Pages 107-122
Physical Control Over Endocytosis....Pages 123-149
Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis in Plants....Pages 151-164
Endocytic Trafficking of PIN Proteins and Auxin Transport....Pages 165-183
Dynamic Behavior and Internalization of Aquaporins at the Surface of Plant Cells....Pages 185-199
The Role of RAB GTPases and SNARE Proteins in Plant Endocytosis and Post-Golgi Trafficking....Pages 201-216
SCAMP, VSR, and Plant Endocytosis....Pages 217-231
The Plant SNX Family and Its Role in Endocytosis....Pages 233-247
ESCRT-Dependent Sorting in Late Endosomes....Pages 249-270
Endocytic Accommodation of Microbes in Plants....Pages 271-295
Endocytosis of LeEix and EHD Proteins During Plant Defense Signalling....Pages 297-311
Endocytosis and Cytoskeleton: Dynamic Encounters Shaping the Portals of Cell Entry....Pages 313-332
Back Matter....Pages 333-336
