A flower promoting protein can promote the "deep breathing" of plants
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Last Update: 2011-07-26
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Source: Internet
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Author: User
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Japanese researchers published a paper in the latest online edition of American Journal of contemporary biology, saying that in their experiments with Arabidopsis, a cruciferous plant, they found for the first time that FT protein, which promotes flowering, also has the function of regulating stomatal opening and closing of leaves More FT protein can promote "deep breathing" of plants, so as to absorb more carbon dioxide In general, when plants feel blue light, they open their stomata for photosynthesis and absorb carbon dioxide But a team led by Professor Junichiro Takeshi of Nagoya University in Japan found an Arabidopsis plant that can open its stomata even if it can't feel blue light After analysis, the researchers found that its function of inhibiting FT protein production was destroyed The researchers speculate that it may be the excess FT protein produced that causes the stomata of this mutant Arabidopsis to open all the time So the researchers increased FT protein in the stomata of wild Arabidopsis, and found that the stomata opened greatly, and after reducing FT protein, the stomata would become difficult to open Muxia Junze and others said that if FT protein is operated, the stomata of plants can be opened artificially, which may enable plants to absorb more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and prevent global warming.
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