Functional Dissection of Calcium Homeostasis and Transport Machinery in Plants

<div>Preface</div><div>Introduction to cellular calcium</div><div>• Utility of calcium in plant world</div><div>• Structural and nutritional functions</div><div>• Calcium ionic balance and its signaling functions</div><div>Cellular calcium homeostasis</div><div>• Cytosolic calcium</div><div>• Sub-cellular calcium reserves</div><div>• Generation of calcium waves or signatures</div><div>Significance of calcium signatures</div><div>• Physiological relevance of calcium signature</div>• Calcium signature - mediator of upstream signal perception and downstream cascading<div>• Implications of specific calcium signatures with respect to diverse environmental cues</div><div>• Influence on nutrient sensing, growth and developmental processes</div><div>Cellular calcium transport machinery</div><div>• Physiological attributes of calcium permeable ion channels</div><div>• Characterization – Influx & Efflux channels</div><div>Calcium conductance across plasma membrane</div><div>• Plasma Membrane localized Non- selective Cation channels (NSCCs)</div><div>• Mechanosensitive calcium channels (MCCs)</div><div>• Depolarization activated calcium channels (DACCs)</div><div>• Hyperpolarization- activated calcium channels (HACCs)</div><div>Identification of other influx channels based on cellular localization- Endomembrane and vacuolar ion channel</div><div>• Endomembrane calcium channels</div><div>• Vascuolar calcium channels – VVCas & SVs</div><div>Other non- selective calcium conductances Ca2+&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>• Annexins</div><div>• Cyclic nucleotide-gated channels (CNGCs)</div><div>• Ionotropic glutamate receptors (iGLRs)</div><div>• Two pore channel 1 (TPC1)</div><div>• Several other channels (MSLs, MCAs, OSCA1, piezo channels)</div><div>Calcium extrusion systems and Efflux transporters</div><div>• Ca2+ - ATPases</div><div>• Ca2+/H+ exchangers (CAXs)</div><div>Cellular Ca2+&nbsp; Hubs&nbsp;</div><div>• Overlap with reactive oxygen species (ROs) hubs</div><div>• Interaction & crosstalk with other nutrient ions</div><div>Recent advances in biotechnological tools and approaches&nbsp;</div><div>• Early tools & techniques employed – current utility</div><div>• Live cell imaging for real- time visualization of in-vivo Ca2+&nbsp; signatures</div><div>• Genomic and functional analytical strategies</div><div>Conclusions & Future Perspectives</div><div>• Scope in other plant model systems</div><div>• Comparative and evolutionary analysis of Ca2+ transport systems – plants vs animal lineages</div><div>References</div><div>Abbreviations</div><div>Index</div>