Molecular cloning and functional analysis of a Na + -insensitive K + transporter of Capsicum chinense Jacq
High-affinity K+ (HAK) transporters are encoded by a large family of genes and are ubiquitous in the plant kingdom. These HAK-type transporters participate in low- and high-affinity potassium (K+) uptake and are crucial for the maintenance of K+ homeostasis under hostile conditions. In this study, the full-length cDNA of CcHAK1 gene was isolated from roots of the habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense). CcHAK1 expression was positively regulated by K+ starvation in roots and was not inhibited in the presence of NaCl. Phylogenetic analysis placed the CcHAK1 transporter in group I of the HAK K+ transporters, showing that it is closely related to Capsicum annuum CaHAK1 and Solanum lycopersicum LeHAK5. Characterization of the protein in a yeast mutant deficient in high-affinity K+ uptake (WΔ3) suggested that CcHAK1 function is associated with high-affinity K+ uptake, with Km and Vmax for Rb of 50 μM and 0.52 nmol mg−1 min−1, respectively. K+ uptake in yeast expressing the CcHAK1 transporter was inhibited by millimolar concentrations of the cations ammonium (NH+4) and cesium (Cs+) but not by sodium (Na+). The results presented in this study suggest that the CcHAK1 transporter may contribute to the maintenance of K+ homeostasis in root cells in C. chinense plants undergoing K+-deficiency and salt stress.
Main Authors: | NANCY RUIZ LAU, Emanuel Bojorquez Quintal, BEGOÑA BENITO CASADO, Ileana de la Caridad Echevarría Machado, Lucila Aurelia Sánchez Cach, María de Fátima Medina Lara, Manuel Martínez Estévez |
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Format: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article biblioteca |
Language: | eng |
Subjects: | info:eu-repo/classification/Autores/CAPSICUM CHINENSE, info:eu-repo/classification/Autores/HAK-TYPE TRANSPORTER, info:eu-repo/classification/Autores/K+-STARVATION, info:eu-repo/classification/Autores/POTASSIUM, info:eu-repo/classification/Autores/ROOTS, info:eu-repo/classification/Autores/SODIUM, info:eu-repo/classification/cti/2, |
Online Access: | http://cicy.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1003/1540 |
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