NO₃⁻/H⁺ antiport in the tonoplast of cucumber root cells is stimulated by nitrate supply: evidence for a reversible nitrate-induced phosphorylation of vacuolar NO₃⁻/H⁺ antiport.

ABSTRACT: Studies in the last few years have shed light on the process of nitrate accumulation within plant cells, achieving molecular identification and partial characterization of the genes and proteins involved in this process. However, contrary to the plasma membrane-localized nitrate transport activities, the kinetics of active nitrate influx into the vacuole and its adaptation to external nitrate availability remain poorly understood. In this work, we have investigated the activity and regulation of the tonoplast-localized H(+)/NO₃(-) antiport in cucumber roots in response to N starvation and NO₃(-) induction. The time course of nitrate availability strongly influenced H(+)/NO₃(-) antiport activity at the tonoplast of root cells. However, under N starvation active nitrate accumulation within t

SUBMITTER: Migocka M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3770621 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature