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Arabidopsis thaliana MTP1 is a Zn transporter in the vacuolar membrane which mediates Zn detoxification and drives leaf Zn accumulation

  • Anne Garlonn Desbrosses-Fonrouge
  • , Katrin Voigt
  • , Astrid Schröder
  • , Stéphanie Arrivault
  • , Sébastien Thomine
  • , Ute Krämer

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Abstract

The Arabidopsis thaliana metal tolerance protein 1 (MTP1) of the cation diffusion facilitator family of membrane transport proteins can mediate the detoxification of Zn in Arabidopsis and yeast. Xenopus laevis oocytes expressing AtMTP1 accumulate more Zn than oocytes expressing the AtMTP1D94A mutant or water-injected oocytes. An AtMTP1-GFP fusion protein localizes to the vacuolar membrane in root and leaf cells. The analysis of Arabidopsis transformed with a promoter-GUS construct suggests that AtMTP1 is not produced throughout the plant, but primarily in the subpopulation of dividing, differentiating and expanding cells. RNA interference-mediated silencing of AtMTP1 causes Zn hypersensitivity and a reduction in Zn concentrations in vegetative plant tissues.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4165-4174
Number of pages10
JournalFEBS Letters
Volume579
Issue number19
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Aug 2005
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cation efflux
  • Hyperaccumulation
  • Intron-spliced hairpin
  • Metal tolerance
  • ZAT
  • Zinc

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