Figure 5.
Putative model illustrating signaling cascades of Al3+- induced exudation of citrate from stylo roots. Al3+ interacts with a receptor on the plasma membrane to initiate a signaling pathway. Al3+ signal is transmitted via heterotrimeric G-proteins, inositol trisphosphate (IP3), diacylglycerol (DAG), Ca2+ and protein kinases (PK), leading to the activation of transcription and anion channels in plasma membrane, and resulting in citrate secretion from stylo roots.