Co-opted and canonical glycerol channels play a major role during anhydrobiosis of an extremophile crustacean
These findings uncover the essential role of evolutionary divergent aquaporin-type glycerol channels in the accrual of glycerol in an anhydrobiotic organism and reveal a previously overlooked function of this polyol for desiccation tolerance.
Authors
- Tyler Alioto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2960-5420)
- José L. Maestro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6117-0458)
- Peter Bossier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6165-9111)
- François Chauvigné (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5571-7517)
- Jèssica Gómez‐Garrido (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6409-8009)
- Roderick Nigel Finn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8776-3945)
- Joan Carles March Cerdá
- Ángel Rey-Alfonso
Institutions
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ES)
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ES)
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (ES)
- Ghent University (BE)
- Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (ES)
- Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico (ES)
- Institut de Ciències del Mar (ES)
- University of Bergen (NO)
- Universitat de Barcelona (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Biology
- Published
- 2025-06-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-025-02262-3
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Tardigrade Biology and Ecology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.03
Funders
- Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
- European Commission
- Generalitat de Catalunya
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
- Universitetet i Bergen
- Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
- European Regional Development Fund
- Agencia Estatal de Investigación