Imibono yesikhathi eside mayelana nokuthi izitshalo zithembele kanjani kumagagasi e-calcium ukuze ziphendule ngendlela ehlelekile ekulimaleni nokunye ukucindezeleka kunikezwe umbono omusha. Ingosi ye-Phys.org.
Abacwaningi be-John Innes Centre babonise ukuthi amaza e-calcium awawona ayisisekelo, kodwa kunalokho impendulo yesibili kugagasi lama-amino acid akhululwa enxebeni.
Lawa maza e-calcium afana nezimpawu ezibonwa emithanjeni yezilwane ezincelisayo, kodwa indlela lokhu okwenzeka ngayo ayikahlolisiswa.
Imiphumela emisha eshicilelwe ku Ukuthuthukiswa Kwezesayensi, basikisela ukuthi lapho ingqamuzana lilimele, likhipha igagasi i-glutamate. Lapho leli gagasi lihamba phakathi kwezicubu zezitshalo, livula imigudu ye-calcium olwelwesini lwamangqamuzana adlula kuwo. Lokhu kuvula kubukeka njengegagasi le-calcium, kodwa kuyimpendulo yokwenziwa noma "ukufundwa" kwesiginali ye-glutamate ehambayo.
Iqembu likaDkt. Faulkner ligxile ocwaningweni lwe-plasmodesmata, imigudu exhuma amaseli. Ososayensi bacabanga ukuthi isignali evela enxebeni izodluliswa isuka kuseli iye kuseli nge-plasmodesmata. Kodwa-ke, besebenzisa amasu e-imaging amaningi, imodeli yedatha kanye nezakhi zofuzo, bathola ukuthi isignali yeselula iyigagasi le-glutamate elisakazeka ngaphandle kwamaseli, eduze kwezindonga zamaseli.
Amagagasi e-calcium ahambisana namagagasi e-glutamate, futhi amandla awo ahambisana nokudluliswa ngokusakazwa.