apoplast

/ ˈæpəˌplæst /

noun

1. botany the nonprotoplasmic component of a plant, including the cell walls and intercellular material

Example Sentences

The researchers show that dAdo is initially produced in the apoplast, an extracellular space outside the host cells.

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"Regarding the ferric reductase activity of HYP1, our results demonstrate that this function is critical to prevent malate-induced Fe overaccumulation in the apoplast and to maintain cell elongation and meristem integrity in root tips exposed to low P," explains Dr. Ricardo Giehl.

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Some eH2O2 moves from the apoplast into the cytoplasm through channel proteins called aquaporins3.

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However, unlike the cytoplasm, the apoplast contains relatively few molecules that counteract oxidation1 — and so ROS, including H2O2, can survive for much longer in the apoplast than in the cytoplasm.

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The protein has an intracellular kinase enzyme domain, and an extracellular domain that protrudes into the apoplast — the compartment between a plant cell’s plasma membrane and the cell wall.

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