title: Cloning of a high-affinity K+ transporter gene PutHKT2;1 from Puccinellia tenuiflora and its functional comparison with OsHKT2;1 from rice in yeast and Arabidopsis.
abstract: A high-affinity K+ transporter PutHKT2;1 cDNA was isolated from the salt-tolerant plant Puccinellia tenuiflora. Expression of PutHKT2;1 was induced by both 300 mM NaCl and K+-starvation stress in roots, but only slightly regulated by those stresses in shoots. PutHKT2;1 transcript levels in 300 mM NaCl were doubled by the depletion of potassium. Yeast transformed with PutHKT2;1, like those transformed with PhaHKT2;1 from salt-tolerant reed plants (Phragmites australis), (i) were able to take up K+ in low K+ concentration medium or in the presence of NaCl, and (ii) were permeable to Na+. This suggests that PutHKT2;1 has a high affinity K+-Na+ symport function in yeast. Arabidopsis over-expressing PutHKT2;1 showed increased sensitivities to Na+, K+, and Li+, while Arabidopsis over-expressing OsHKT2;1 from rice (Oryza sativa) showed increased sensitivity only to Na+. In contrast to OsHKT2;1, which functions in Na+-uptake at low external K+ concentrations, PutHKT2;1 functions in Na+-uptake at higher external K+ concentrations. These results show that the modes of action of PutHKT2;1 in transgenic yeast and Arabidopsis differ from the mode of action of the closely related OsHKT2;1 transporter.
authors.affiliation: Asian Natural Environmental Science Center (ANESC), The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Midori-cho, Nishitokyo-shi, Tokyo 188-0002, Japan.
authors.forename: Sintho Wahyuning
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Ardie
authors.forename: Lina
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Ryuichi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Shenkui
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Tetsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takano
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001692:Biological Transport; D027682:Cation Transport Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012275:Oryza / Q000201:enzymology; D010802:Phylogeny; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D010944:Plants / Q000145:classification / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D006109:Poaceae / Q000737:chemistry / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism; D021381:Protein Transport; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D027682:Cation Transport Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D011188:Potassium