title: Molecular dissection of the role of histidine in nickel hyperaccumulation in Thlaspi goesingense (Hálácsy).
abstract: To understand the role of free histidine (His) in Ni hyperaccumulation in Thlaspi goesingense, we investigated the regulation of His biosynthesis at both the molecular and biochemical levels. Three T. goesingense cDNAs encoding the following His biosynthetic enzymes, ATP phosphoribosyltransferase (THG1, GenBank accession no. AF003347), imidazoleglycerol phosphate dehydratase (THB1, GenBank accession no. AF023140), and histidinol dehydrogenase (THD1, GenBank accession no. AF023141) were isolated by functional complementation of Escherichia coli His auxotrophs. Northern analysis of THG1, THD1, and THB1 gene expression revealed that each gene is expressed in both roots and shoots, but at the concentrations and dosage times of Ni treatment used in this study, these genes failed to show any regulation by Ni. We were also unable to observe any increases in the concentration of free His in root, shoot, or xylem sap of T. goesingense in response to Ni exposure. X-ray absorption spectroscopy of root and shoot tissue from T. goesingense and the non-accumulator species Thlaspi arvense revealed no major differences in the coordination of Ni by His in these tissues. We therefore conclude that the Ni hyperaccumulation phenotype in T. goesingense is not determined by the overproduction of His in response to Ni.
authors.affiliation: Northern Arizona University, P.O. Box 5698, Flagstaff, Arizona 86011, USA.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Persans
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Patnoe
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Krämer
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Salt
mesh_terms: D001276:ATP Phosphoribosyltransferase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D015723:Gene Library; D006639:Histidine / Q000378:metabolism*; D006836:Hydro-Lyases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009532:Nickel / Q000378:metabolism*; D010802:Phylogeny; D010944:Plants / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D006639:Histidine; D009532:Nickel; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases; C021358:histidinol dehydrogenase; D001276:ATP Phosphoribosyltransferase; D006836:Hydro-Lyases; C021434:imidazoleglycerolphosphate dehydratase