Impact of Some Toxic Metals on Important ABC Transporters in Soybean (Glycine max L.).

ABSTRACT: In plants, ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters facilitate the movement of substrates across membranes using ATP for growth, development, and defense. Soils contaminated with toxic metals such as cadmium (Cd) and mercury (Hg) might adversely affect the metabolism of plants and humans. In this study, a phylogenetic relationship among soybeans' (Glycine max) ATP binding cassette (GmABCs) and other plant ABCs was analyzed using sequence information, gene structure, chromosomal distribution, and conserved motif-domain. The ontology of GmABCs indicated their active involvement in trans-membrane transport and ATPase activity. Thirty-day-old soybean plants were exposed to 100 μM CdCl₂ and 100 μM HgCl₂ for 10 days. Physiological and biochemical traits were altered u

SUBMITTER: Naaz S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10399161 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature