Functional significance of AtHMA4 C-terminal domain in planta.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Enhancing the upward translocation of heavy metals such as Zn from root to shoot through genetic engineering has potential for biofortification and phytoremediation. This study examined the contribution of the heavy metal-transporting ATPase, AtHMA4, to the shoot ionomic profile of soil-grown plants, and investigated the importance of the C-terminal domain in the functioning of this transporter.

Principal findings

The Arabidopsis hma2 hma4 mutant has a stunted phenotype and a distinctive ionomic profile, with low shoot levels of Zn, Cd, Co, K and Rb, and high shoot Cu. Expression of AtHMA4 (AtHMA4-FL) under the CaMV-35S promoter partially rescued the stunted phenotype of hma2 hma4; rosette diameter returned to wild-type levels in the majority of lines and bolts we

SUBMITTER: Mills RF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2958113 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature