1.A.23.4.4
Plant plastid mechanosensitive channel MscS-like-2 (Msl2) (controls plastid organellar morphology, as does Msl3) (Haswell and Meyerowitz, 2006; Haswell et al., 2008). It functions as do the bacterial homologues, but is essential for leaf growth, chloroplast integrity and normal starch accumulation (Jensen and Haswell 2012).  msl2 msl3 double mutant seedlings exhibit several hallmarks of drought or environmental osmotic stress, including solute accumulation, elevated levels of the compatible osmolyte proline (Pro), and accumulation of the stress hormone abscisic acid (ABA). Furthermore, msl2 msl3 mutants expressed Pro and ABA metabolism genes in a pattern normally seen under drought or osmotic stress. Pro accumulation in the msl2 msl3 mutant was suppressed by conditions that reduce plastid osmotic stress leading to the conclusion that these channels function like their bacterial homologues (Wilson et al. 2014).