Park Meeyoung, Li Qin, Shcheynikov Nikolay, Muallem Shmuel, Zeng Weizong
Department of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Cell Cycle. 2005 Jan;4(1):24-6. doi: 10.4161/cc.4.1.1394. Epub 2005 Jan 16.
Boron is an abundant mineral essential for the life cycle of plants and may play a role in animal development and growth. Very little is known about boron homeostasis in plant and animal cells and the physiological roles of boron in animals. The recent identification of boron transporters, BOR1 in plants and NaBC1 in mammals, and that NaBC1 functions as an electrogenic Na+-coupled borate transporter essential for cell growth and proliferation open the way to probe the roles of boron in cellular function and physiology.
硼是一种丰富的矿物质，对植物的生命周期至关重要，并且可能在动物的发育和生长中发挥作用。关于植物和动物细胞中的硼稳态以及硼在动物体内的生理作用，人们了解甚少。最近对硼转运蛋白的鉴定，即植物中的BOR1和哺乳动物中的NaBC1，以及NaBC1作为对细胞生长和增殖至关重要的电中性Na⁺偶联硼酸盐转运蛋白发挥作用，为探究硼在细胞功能和生理学中的作用开辟了道路。
