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Plant chloride channels

Chloride channels (CLC) in plants are proteins located in the membranes of different organelles and some members of the family have higher affinity for other anions than chloride.

Members of the CLC family are identified by sequence homology. Little is known about plant CLCs and the best studied protein is AtCLCa from Arabidopsis thaliana. There are at least two different sub families in Arabidopsis, covering seven different chloride channels (AtCLCa-g). Also in other plant species were chloride channels found and examined.