Abbreviations
A-, here anion
ABA, ABscissic Acid
ABA2, ABA deficient 2, short-chain alcohol dehydrogenase/reductase (At1g52340)
ABA3, ABA deficient 3, molybdenum cofactor sulfurase (At1g16540)
ABI1, ABA-insensitive 1, protein phosphatase type 2C (At4g26080)
ABI2, ABA-insensitive 2, protein phosphatase type 2C (At5g57050)
ABI3, ABA-insensitive 3 (At3g24650, Physcomitrella patens Q2ABG4)
ABRE, ABA-responsive element
AIP1, a PP2C phosphatase (At1g07430)
AHA3, plasma membrane H+-ATPase (At5g57350)
AKT1, Arabidopsis K+ transporter 1, inward-rectifying potassium channel (At2g26650)
AKT2 (also known as AKT3, AKT2/3), Arabidopsis K+ transporter 2, weakly inwardrectifying potassium channel (At4g22200)
AKT5, Arabidopsis K+ transporter 5, inward rectifying potassium channel (At4g32500)
AKT6 (also known as SPIK, AtKv9), Arabidopsis K+ transporter 6, inward rectifying
potassium channel (At2g25600)
ALMT, ALuminium-induced Malate Transporter
ALMT1, aluminium-induced malate transporter 1 (At1g08430)
ALMT6, aluminium-induced malate transporter 6 (At2g17470)
ALMT12, aluminium-induced malate transporter 12, also named as QUAC1 or R-type
anion channel (At4g17970)
apo, apoplast
AtGLR1.1, glutamate receptor 1.1 (At3g04110)
AtGLR1.4, glutamate receptor 1.4 (AT3G07520)
AtKC1, regulator subunit of inward-rectifying potassium channel (At4g32650)
AtrbohD, NADPH oxidase D (At5g47910)
AtrbohF, NADPH oxidase F (At1g64060)
BAK, brassinosteroid-associated kinase (At4g33430)
BL, blue light
C+, here cation
CBL, calcineurin B-like calcium sensor protein
CBL1, calcineurin B-like calcium sensor protein 1 (At4g17615)
CBL9, calcineurin B-like calcium sensor protein 9 (At5g47100)
CDPK, calcium-dependent protein kinases
CICR, calcium-induced calcium release
CIPK, calcineurin B-like interacting protein kinase
CIPK23, calcineurin B-like interacting protein kinase (At1g30270)
CPK, calcium-dependent protein kinases (CDPKs) in Arabidopsis thaliana
CPK21, calcium-dependent protein kinase 21 (At4g04720)
CPK23, calcium-dependent protein kinase 23 (At4g04740)
CFP, cyan fluorescent protein
ClC, chloride channel
ClCa, chloride channel a (At5g40890)
ClCb, chloride channel b (At3g27170)
ClCc, chloride channel c (At5g49890)
ClCd, chloride channel d (At5g26240)
ClCe, chloride channel e (At4g35440)
ClCf, chloride channel f (At1g55620)
ClCg, chloride channel g (At5g33280)
CICR, Calcium-Induced Calcium Release
CNG channel = Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated channel
CO2, carbon dioxide
cyt, cytoplasm
DAMP, Damage-Associated Molecular Pattern
DLE, diacidic motif
EK, Nernst potential for K+
Elf18, epitope of elongation factor Tu
Flg, flagellin
Flg22, epitope of flagellin
FLS2, flagellin sensing receptor kinase (At5g46330)
fou2, fatty acid oxygenation upregulated 2 mutant
FV channel, fast vacuolar channel
GCA2, Growth Control exerted by ABA
GFP, green fluorescent protein
GID1, gibberellin receptor(s) (At3g05120, At3g63010, At5g27320)
GLR, glutamate receptor-like channel
GORK, gated outwardly-rectifying K+ channel (At5g37500)
GluR1, alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionate (AMPA)-selective
glutamate receptor 1 (human P42261)
GluR6, ionotropic glutamate receptor 6 (human Q13002)
HAB1, hypersensitive to ABA1, protein phosphatase type 2C (At1g72770)
HAB2, homology to ABI2, protein phosphatase type 2C (At1g17550)
H2O2, hydrogen peroxide
Hv1, voltage-gated proton channel 1 (human Q96D96)
IRK, inward-rectifying K+ channel
K2P, two pore channels
KAT1, potassium channel in Arabidopsis thaliana 1 (At5g46240)
KAT2 potassium channel in Arabidopsis thaliana 2 (At4g18920)
KCO3, two-pore K+ channels (At5g46360)
KcSA, voltage-gated potassium channel from Streptomyces lividans (P0A334)
Kir, inward-rectifying potassium channel
KST1, inward-rectifying potassium channel from Solanum tuberosum (Q41461)
Kv channels, voltage-dependent Shaker-like potassium channels
KvAP, voltage-gated potassium channel from Aeropyrum pernix (GI: 5104624, sequence
can be retrieved under http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/)
KZM1, K+ channel Zea mays 1, inward rectifying potassium channel from Zea mays
(Q8VX27)
LEA proteins, Late Embryogenesis Abundant proteins
Mae1, malate transporter from Schizosaccharomyces pombe (P50537)
MAMP, Microbe Associated Molecular Pattern
MCA, mechanosensitive ion channel family from Methylococcus capsulatus
MCA1, mid1-complementing factor 1 (At4g35920)
MCA2, mid1-complementing factor 2 (At2g17780)
MEC, mechano-sensing channel subunit
Mid1, stretch-activated cation channel from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (P41821)
MS channel, mechanosensitive channel
MscL channel, large conductance mechano-sensitive channel
MscS channel, small conductance mechano-sensitive channel
MSL channel, bacteria-mechanosensitive-like channel
MSL2, bacteria-mechanosensitive(MscS)-like channel 2 (At5g10490)
MSL3, bacteria-mechanosensitive(MscS)-like channel 3 (At1g58200)
MSL4, bacteria-mechanosensitive(MscS)-like channel 4 (At1g53470)
MSL6, bacteria-mechanosensitive(MscS)-like channel 6 (At1g78610)
MSL9, bacteria-mechanosensitive(MscS)-like channel 9 (At5g19520)
MSL10, bacteria-mechanosensitive(MscS)-like channel 10 (At5g12080)
NRT1.1, NO3-/H+ symporter (At1g12110)
NRT2.4, proton-coupled nitrate transporter (At5g60770)
OST1, open stomata 1 (also known as SNF1-related protein kinase 2.6, SNRK2-6,
SNRK2E) (At4g33950)
OST2, open stomata 2 (also known as AHA1, plasma membrane H+-ATPase)
(At2g18960)
PEP, phosphoenolpyruvate
PEP1, elicitor peptide 1 (At5g64900)
PEP2, elicitor peptide 2 (At5g64890)
Piezo, animal mechanosensitive ion channel component
Piezo1, mechanosensitive ion channel component 1 (human Q92508)
Piezo2, mechanosensitive ion channel component 2 (human Q9H5I5)
PMF, Proton Motive Force
PP2C, protein phosphatase type 2C
PpOST1, homolog to open stomata 1 (AtOST1) in Physcomytrella patens
PYR/PYL/RCAR, pyrabactin resistant/PYR-like/ regulatory component of ABA receptor
QUAC, QUick Anion Channel (also known as R-type channel)
QUAC1, QUick Anion Channel1 (also known as R-type channel, ALMT12) (At4g17970)
RABA, general name here for the ABA receptor
Rboh, NADPH oxidases
ROS, reactive oxygen species
ROSICa, here H2O2-sensitive Ca2+ channel
R-type anion channel, Rapid voltage-gated anion channel (also known as QUAC)
S, here general abbreviation for solute
SKOR, Stelar K+ Outward Rectifier (At3g02850)
SLAC1, slow anion channel 1 (At1g12480)
SLAH, SLAC1 homolog
SLAH3, SLAC1 homolog 3 (At5g24030)
SnRK2, SNF1-related protein kinase
SnRK2.6, synonym for SnRK2E and OST1, a SnRK-type protein kinase
SOD, superoxide dismutase
SPIK (also known as or AKT6, AtKv9), Shaker pollen inward potassium channel protein
(At2g25600)
START, steroidogenic acute regulatory protein-related transfer
S-type anion channel, slow voltage-gated anion channel
SUC2, sucrose carrier (At1g22710)
SV channel, slow vacuolar channel
TASK channel, two-pore domain K+ (K2P) channels in animals (human TASK1 O14649)
TehA, tellurite-resistance multidrug transporter (E.coli P25396, Haemophilus influenzae
P44741)
TF, transcription factor
TMEM16A, calcium-activated chloride channel subunit (B5SVV6)
TPC1, vacuolar two-pore cation channel (At4g03560)
TPC2, animal lysosomal voltage-dependent two-pore calcium channel (human Q8NHX9)
TPK, Tandem(Two)-Pore K+ channels
TPK1, two-pore K+ channels (At5g55630)
TPK2, two-pore K+ channels (At5g46370)
TPK3, two-pore K+ channels (At4g18160)
TPK4, two-pore K+ channels (At1g02510)
TPK5, two-pore K+ channels (At4g01840)
TPKa and TPKb, TPK isoforms from rice
TPK4, tandem-pore potassium channel (At1g02510)
TREK, animal two-pore channel
TRP channels, Transient Receptor Potential channels
Tu, bacterial elongation factor
vac, vacuole
YFP, yellow fluorescent protein
VFK1, Vicia faba K+ channel 1, AKT2 homolog in Vicia faba (Y10579)
VK channel, vacuolar K+ selective channel
V-ATPase, vacuolar-type H+-ATPase
V-PPase, V-type H+-pyrophosphatase
ZmSUT1, sucrose transporter from Zea mays (Q9SXM0)
ZMK2, Zea mays potassium channel 2 (Q9SM12)
Sequences for Arabidopsis thaliana proteins can be retrieved from the TAIR database
(http://www.arabidopsis.org/). For all other proteins Uniprot identifiers
(http://www.uniprot.org/) are given.