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Conchillo LB, Haro R, Benito B. K+ Nutrition Exchange in the Serendipita-Arabidopsis Symbiosis: Study of the Fungal K+ Transporters Involved. Front Ecol Evol 2021. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.789371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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There is mounting evidence that the root-colonizing endosymbiotic fungus Serendipita indica improves plant growth. The beneficial effects have been observed when plants are growing in optimal conditions or under nutritionally deficient soils (e.g., phosphate poor soil) or exposed to stressful environmental conditions such as drought or salinity. However, until now its role in the nutrition of other plant essential macronutrient, such as K+, has not been fully clarified. Here, we study the role of the fungus in the K+ nutrition of Arabidopsis thaliana plants, during growth under K+ limiting conditions. As a first step, we studied the high-affinity K+ uptake of the plant and fungus when growing separately and in symbiosis. In the search for putative fungal actors involved in K+ nutrition, we also have cloned and functionally characterized the K+ transporters of S. indica SiHAK1, SiTRK1, SiTRK2, and SiTOK1, among which it has been shown that SiHAK1 is the main transporter involved in the K+ uptake in the high affinity range of concentrations. In addition, a gene expression study of these transporters and other candidates that could participate in the K+ homeostasis of the fungus has been carried out. The results indicated that, contrary to what happens with P nutrition, S. indica seems not to improve neither the growth nor the plant K+ reserves during K+ starvation. Instead, this nutritionally restrictive condition favored fungal colonization, suggesting that the fungus obtains the greatest benefit in K+ supply during symbiosis.
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Zhang H, Feng H, Zhang J, Ge R, Zhang L, Wang Y, Li L, Wei J, Li R. Emerging crosstalk between two signaling pathways coordinates K+ and Na+ homeostasis in the halophyte Hordeum brevisubulatum. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2020; 71:4345-4358. [PMID: 32280989 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraa191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2020] [Accepted: 04/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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K+/Na+ homeostasis is the primary core response for plant to tolerate salinity. Halophytes have evolved novel regulatory mechanisms to maintain a suitable K+/Na+ ratio during long-term adaptation. The wild halophyte Hordeum brevisubulatum can adopt efficient strategies to achieve synergistic levels of K+ and Na+ under high salt stress. However, little is known about its molecular mechanism. Our previous study indicated that HbCIPK2 contributed to prevention of Na+ accumulation and K+ reduction. Here, we further identified the HbCIPK2-interacting proteins including upstream Ca2+ sensors, HbCBL1, HbCBL4, and HbCBL10, and downstream phosphorylated targets, the voltage-gated K+ channel HbVGKC1 and SOS1-like transporter HbSOS1L. HbCBL1 combined with HbCIPK2 could activate HbVGKC1 to absorb K+, while the HbCBL4/10-HbCIPK2 complex modulated HbSOS1L to exclude Na+. This discovery suggested that crosstalk between the sodium response and the potassium uptake signaling pathways indeed exists for HbCIPK2 as the signal hub, and paved the way for understanding the novel mechanism of K+/Na+ homeostasis which has evolved in the halophytic grass.
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- Haiwen Zhang
- Beijing Agro-biotechnology Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Agro-biotechnology Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Beijing, China
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- Brain Tumor Research Center, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Beijing Tiantan Hospital Affiliated with Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Beijing Agro-biotechnology Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
- College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Beijing Agro-biotechnology Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
- College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Plant Gene Resources and Biotechnology for Carbon Reduction and Environmental Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Agro-biotechnology Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Agro-biotechnology Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Beijing, China
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Kale D, Spurny P, Shamayeva K, Spurna K, Kahoun D, Ganser D, Zayats V, Ludwig J. The S. cerevisiae cation translocation protein Trk1 is functional without its “long hydrophilic loop” but LHL regulates cation translocation activity and selectivity. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2019; 1861:1476-1488. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2019.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2019] [Revised: 06/14/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Locascio A, Andrés-Colás N, Mulet JM, Yenush L. Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a Tool to Investigate Plant Potassium and Sodium Transporters. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:E2133. [PMID: 31052176 PMCID: PMC6539216 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20092133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2019] [Revised: 04/26/2019] [Accepted: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Sodium and potassium are two alkali cations abundant in the biosphere. Potassium is essential for plants and its concentration must be maintained at approximately 150 mM in the plant cell cytoplasm including under circumstances where its concentration is much lower in soil. On the other hand, sodium must be extruded from the plant or accumulated either in the vacuole or in specific plant structures. Maintaining a high intracellular K+/Na+ ratio under adverse environmental conditions or in the presence of salt is essential to maintain cellular homeostasis and to avoid toxicity. The baker's yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, has been used to identify and characterize participants in potassium and sodium homeostasis in plants for many years. Its utility resides in the fact that the electric gradient across the membrane and the vacuoles is similar to plants. Most plant proteins can be expressed in yeast and are functional in this unicellular model system, which allows for productive structure-function studies for ion transporting proteins. Moreover, yeast can also be used as a high-throughput platform for the identification of genes that confer stress tolerance and for the study of protein-protein interactions. In this review, we summarize advances regarding potassium and sodium transport that have been discovered using the yeast model system, the state-of-the-art of the available techniques and the future directions and opportunities in this field.
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- Antonella Locascio
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 46022 Valencia, Spain.
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 46022 Valencia, Spain.
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 46022 Valencia, Spain.
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 46022 Valencia, Spain.
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Ariño J, Ramos J, Sychrova H. Monovalent cation transporters at the plasma membrane in yeasts. Yeast 2018; 36:177-193. [PMID: 30193006 DOI: 10.1002/yea.3355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2018] [Revised: 08/24/2018] [Accepted: 08/29/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Maintenance of proper intracellular concentrations of monovalent cations, mainly sodium and potassium, is a requirement for survival of any cell. In the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, monovalent cation homeostasis is determined by the active extrusion of protons through the Pma1 H+ -ATPase (reviewed in another chapter of this issue), the influx and efflux of these cations through the plasma membrane transporters (reviewed in this chapter), and the sequestration of toxic cations into the vacuoles. Here, we will describe the structure, function, and regulation of the plasma membrane transporters Trk1, Trk2, Tok1, Nha1, and Ena1, which play a key role in maintaining physiological intracellular concentrations of Na+ , K+ , and H+ , both under normal growth conditions and in response to stress.
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- Joaquín Ariño
- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina and Departament de Bioquimica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Department of Membrane Transport, Institute of Physiology Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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Sun J, Cao H, Cheng J, He X, Sohail H, Niu M, Huang Y, Bie Z. Pumpkin CmHKT1;1 Controls Shoot Na⁺ Accumulation via Limiting Na⁺ Transport from Rootstock to Scion in Grafted Cucumber. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:E2648. [PMID: 30200653 PMCID: PMC6165489 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19092648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2018] [Revised: 09/03/2018] [Accepted: 09/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Soil salinity adversely affects the growth and yield of crops, including cucumber, one of the most important vegetables in the world. Grafting with salt-tolerant pumpkin as the rootstock effectively improves the growth of cucumber under different salt conditions by limiting Na⁺ transport from the pumpkin rootstock to the cucumber scion. High-affinity potassium transporters (HKTs) are crucial for the long distance transport of Na⁺ in plants, but the function of pumpkin HKTs in this process of grafted cucumber plants remains unclear. In this work, we have characterized CmHKT1;1 as a member of the HKT gene family in Cucurbita moschata and observed an obvious upregulation of CmHKT1;1 in roots under NaCl stress conditions. Heterologous expression analyses in yeast mutants indicated that CmHKT1;1 is a Na⁺-selective transporter. The transient expression in tobacco epidermal cells and in situ hybridization showed CmHKT1;1 localization at plasma membrane, and preferential expression in root stele. Moreover, ectopic expression of CmHKT1;1 in cucumber decreased the Na⁺ accumulation in the plants shoots. Finally, the CmHKT1;1 transgenic line as the rootstock decreased the Na⁺ content in the wild type shoots. These findings suggest that CmHKT1;1 plays a key role in the salt tolerance of grafted cucumber by limiting Na⁺ transport from the rootstock to the scion and can further be useful for engineering salt tolerance in cucurbit crops.
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- Jingyu Sun
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
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Felcmanova K, Neveceralova P, Sychrova H, Zimmermannova O. Yeast Kch1 and Kch2 membrane proteins play a pleiotropic role in membrane potential establishment and monovalent cation homeostasis regulation. FEMS Yeast Res 2017; 17:3966712. [DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/fox053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2017] [Accepted: 07/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Bojórquez-Quintal E, Ruiz-Lau N, Velarde-Buendía A, Echevarría-Machado I, Pottosin I, Martínez-Estévez M. Natural variation in primary root growth and K + retention in roots of habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense) under salt stress. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2016; 43:1114-1125. [PMID: 32480531 DOI: 10.1071/fp15391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2015] [Accepted: 07/24/2016] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In this work, we analysed the natural variation in mechanisms for protection against salt stress in pepper varieties (Capsicum chinense Jacq. cv. Rex, Chichen-Itza and Naranja and Capsicum annuum L. cv. Padron), considering primary root growth and viability of the post-stressed seedlings. NaCl-induced K+ and H+ efflux in roots was also studied by ion-selective microelectrodes under application of pharmacological agents. In these pepper varieties, the magnitude of the K+ leakage in the roots positively correlated with growth inhibition of the primary root in the presence of NaCl, with Rex variety showing a higher level of tolerance than Chichen-Itza. The K+ leakage and the activity of the H+ pump in the roots were dependent on the NaCl concentration. Pharmacological analysis indicated that the NaCl-induced K+ leakage was mediated by TEA+-sensitive KOR channels but not by NSCC channels. In addition, we present evidence for the possible participation of proline, and a Na+-insensitive HAK K+ transporter expressed in habanero pepper roots for maintaining K+ homeostasis under salt stress conditions.
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- Emanuel Bojórquez-Quintal
- Unidad de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular de Plantas, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, Yucatán, México
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- Unidad de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular de Plantas, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, Yucatán, México
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- Centro Universitario de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Colima, Colima, México
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- Unidad de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular de Plantas, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, Yucatán, México
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- Centro Universitario de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Colima, Colima, México
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- Unidad de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular de Plantas, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, Yucatán, México
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Yenush L. Potassium and Sodium Transport in Yeast. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2016; 892:187-228. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-25304-6_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Ruiz-Lau N, Bojórquez-Quintal E, Benito B, Echevarría-Machado I, Sánchez-Cach LA, Medina-Lara MDF, Martínez-Estévez M. Molecular Cloning and Functional Analysis of a Na +-Insensitive K + Transporter of Capsicum chinense Jacq. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:1980. [PMID: 28083010 PMCID: PMC5186809 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2016] [Accepted: 12/13/2016] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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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 ([Formula: see text]) 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.
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- Nancy Ruiz-Lau
- Unidad de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular de Plantas, Centro de Investigación Científica de YucatánMérida, Mexico
- CONACYT, Instituto Tecnológico Nacional de México, Instituto Tecnológico de Tuxtla GutiérrezTuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico
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- Unidad de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular de Plantas, Centro de Investigación Científica de YucatánMérida, Mexico
- CONACYT, Laboratorio de Análisis y Diagnóstico del Patrimonio, Colegio de MichoacánZamora, Mexico
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de MadridMadrid, Spain
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- Unidad de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular de Plantas, Centro de Investigación Científica de YucatánMérida, Mexico
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- Unidad de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular de Plantas, Centro de Investigación Científica de YucatánMérida, Mexico
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- Unidad de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular de Plantas, Centro de Investigación Científica de YucatánMérida, Mexico
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- Unidad de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular de Plantas, Centro de Investigación Científica de YucatánMérida, Mexico
- *Correspondence: Manuel Martínez-Estévez
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Zayats V, Stockner T, Pandey SK, Wörz K, Ettrich R, Ludwig J. A refined atomic scale model of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae K+-translocation protein Trk1p combined with experimental evidence confirms the role of selectivity filter glycines and other key residues. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2015; 1848:1183-95. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2015.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2014] [Revised: 02/04/2015] [Accepted: 02/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Sanadhya P, Agarwal P, Khedia J, Agarwal PK. A Low-Affinity K+ Transporter AlHKT2;1 from Recretohalophyte Aeluropus lagopoides Confers Salt Tolerance in Yeast. Mol Biotechnol 2015; 57:489-98. [DOI: 10.1007/s12033-015-9842-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Canadell D, González A, Casado C, Ariño J. Functional interactions between potassium and phosphate homeostasis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Microbiol 2014; 95:555-72. [PMID: 25425491 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Maintenance of ion homeostatic mechanisms is essential for living cells, including the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Whereas the impact of changes in phosphate metabolism on metal ion homeostasis has been recently examined, the inverse effect is still largely unexplored. We show here that depletion of potassium from the medium or alteration of diverse regulatory pathways controlling potassium uptake, such as the Trk potassium transporters or the Pma1 H(+) -ATPase, triggers a response that mimics that of phosphate (Pi) deprivation, exemplified by accumulation of the high-affinity Pi transporter Pho84. This response is mediated by and requires the integrity of the PHO signaling pathway. Removal of potassium from the medium does not alter the amount of total or free intracellular Pi, but is accompanied by decreased ATP and ADP levels and rapid depletion of cellular polyphosphates. Therefore, our data do not support the notion of Pi being the major signaling molecule triggering phosphate-starvation responses. We also observe that cells with compromised potassium uptake cannot grow under limiting Pi conditions. The link between potassium and phosphate homeostasis reported here could explain the invasive phenotype, characteristic of nutrient deprivation, observed in potassium-deficient yeast cells.
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- David Canadell
- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina and Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193, Spain
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Ariño J, Aydar E, Drulhe S, Ganser D, Jorrín J, Kahm M, Krause F, Petrezsélyová S, Yenush L, Zimmermannová O, van Heusden GPH, Kschischo M, Ludwig J, Palmer C, Ramos J, Sychrová H. Systems biology of monovalent cation homeostasis in yeast: the translucent contribution. Adv Microb Physiol 2014; 64:1-63. [PMID: 24797924 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-800143-1.00001-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Maintenance of monovalent cation homeostasis (mainly K(+) and Na(+)) is vital for cell survival, and cation toxicity is at the basis of a myriad of relevant phenomena, such as salt stress in crops and diverse human diseases. Full understanding of the importance of monovalent cations in the biology of the cell can only be achieved from a systemic perspective. Translucent is a multinational project developed within the context of the SysMO (System Biology of Microorganisms) initiative and focussed in the study of cation homeostasis using the well-known yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model. The present review summarize how the combination of biochemical, genetic, genomic and computational approaches has boosted our knowledge in this field, providing the basis for a more comprehensive and coherent vision of the role of monovalent cations in the biology of the cell.
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- Joaquín Ariño
- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina & Dept. Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Faculty of Life Sciences and Computing, London Metropolitan University, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- RheinAhrCampus, University of Applied Sciences Koblenz, Remagen, Germany
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina & Dept. Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Membrane Transport, Institute of Physiology Academy of Sciences CR, Prague, Czech Republic
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- RheinAhrCampus, University of Applied Sciences Koblenz, Remagen, Germany
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- Faculty of Life Sciences and Computing, London Metropolitan University, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Department of Membrane Transport, Institute of Physiology Academy of Sciences CR, Prague, Czech Republic
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Wang TT, Ren ZJ, Liu ZQ, Feng X, Guo RQ, Li BG, Li LG, Jing HC. SbHKT1;4, a member of the high-affinity potassium transporter gene family from Sorghum bicolor, functions to maintain optimal Na⁺ /K⁺ balance under Na⁺ stress. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2014; 56:315-32. [PMID: 24325391 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.12144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2013] [Accepted: 11/26/2013] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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In halophytic plants, the high-affinity potassium transporter HKT gene family can selectively uptake K⁺ in the presence of toxic concentrations of Na⁺. This has so far not been well examined in glycophytic crops. Here, we report the characterization of SbHKT1;4, a member of the HKT gene family from Sorghum bicolor. Upon Na⁺ stress, SbHKT1;4 expression was more strongly upregulated in salt-tolerant sorghum accession, correlating with a better balanced Na⁺ /K⁺ ratio and enhanced plant growth. Heterogeneous expression analyses in mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Arabidopsis thaliana indicated that overexpressing SbHKT1;4 resulted in hypersensitivity to Na⁺ stress, and such hypersensitivity could be alleviated with the supply of elevated levels of K⁺, implicating that SbHKT1;4 may mediate K⁺ uptake in the presence of excessive Na⁺. Further electrophysiological evidence demonstrated that SbHKT1;4 could transport Na⁺ and K⁺ when expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes. The relevance of the finding that SbHKT1;4 functions to maintain optimal Na⁺ /K⁺ balance under Na⁺ stress to the breeding of salt-tolerant glycophytic crops is discussed.
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- Tian-Tian Wang
- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
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Herrera R, Álvarez MC, Gelis S, Kodedová M, Sychrová H, Kschischo M, Ramos J. Role of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Trk1 in stabilization of intracellular potassium content upon changes in external potassium levels. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2014; 1838:127-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2013.08.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2013] [Revised: 08/29/2013] [Accepted: 08/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Mottaleb SA, Rodríguez-Navarro A, Haro R. Knockouts of Physcomitrella patens CHX1 and CHX2 Transporters Reveal High Complexity of Potassium Homeostasis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 54:1455-68. [DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pct096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Asins MJ, Villalta I, Aly MM, Olías R, Alvarez DE Morales P, Huertas R, Li J, Jaime-Pérez N, Haro R, Raga V, Carbonell EA, Belver A. Two closely linked tomato HKT coding genes are positional candidates for the major tomato QTL involved in Na+ /K+ homeostasis. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2013; 36:1171-91. [PMID: 23216099 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2012] [Accepted: 11/28/2012] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The location of major quantitative trait loci (QTL) contributing to stem and leaf [Na(+) ] and [K(+) ] was previously reported in chromosome 7 using two connected populations of recombinant inbred lines (RILs) of tomato. HKT1;1 and HKT1;2, two tomato Na(+) -selective class I-HKT transporters, were found to be closely linked, where the maximum logarithm of odds (LOD) score for these QTLs located. When a chromosome 7 linkage map based on 278 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) was used, the maximum LOD score position was only 35 kb from HKT1;1 and HKT1;2. Their expression patterns and phenotypic effects were further investigated in two near-isogenic lines (NILs): 157-14 (double homozygote for the cheesmaniae alleles) and 157-17 (double homozygote for the lycopersicum alleles). The expression pattern for the HKT1;1 and HKT1;2 alleles was complex, possibly because of differences in their promoter sequences. High salinity had very little effect on root dry and fresh weight and consequently on the plant dry weight of NIL 157-14 in comparison with 157-17. A significant difference between NILs was also found for [K(+) ] and the [Na(+) ]/[K(+) ] ratio in leaf and stem but not for [Na(+) ] arising a disagreement with the corresponding RIL population. Their association with leaf [Na(+) ] and salt tolerance in tomato is also discussed.
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- Maria José Asins
- Plant Protection and Biotechnology Center, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), E46113, Valencia, Spain.
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Barreto L, Canadell D, Valverde-Saubí D, Casamayor A, Ariño J. The short-term response of yeast to potassium starvation. Environ Microbiol 2012; 14:3026-42. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02887.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2012] [Revised: 06/05/2012] [Accepted: 08/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Lina Barreto
- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina and Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular; Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona; Bellaterra; 08193; Barcelona; Spain
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina and Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular; Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona; Bellaterra; 08193; Barcelona; Spain
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina and Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular; Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona; Bellaterra; 08193; Barcelona; Spain
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina and Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular; Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona; Bellaterra; 08193; Barcelona; Spain
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina and Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular; Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona; Bellaterra; 08193; Barcelona; Spain
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Oomen RJFJ, Benito B, Sentenac H, Rodríguez-Navarro A, Talón M, Véry AA, Domingo C. HKT2;2/1, a K⁺-permeable transporter identified in a salt-tolerant rice cultivar through surveys of natural genetic polymorphism. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2012; 71:750-62. [PMID: 22530609 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2012.05031.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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We have investigated OsHKT2;1 natural variation in a collection of 49 cultivars with different levels of salt tolerance and geographical origins. The effect of identified polymorphism on OsHKT2;1 activity was analysed through heterologous expression of variants in Xenopus oocytes. OsHKT2;1 appeared to be a highly conserved protein with only five possible amino acid substitutions that have no substantial effect on functional properties. Our study, however, also identified a new HKT isoform, No-OsHKT2;2/1 in Nona Bokra, a highly salt-tolerant cultivar. No-OsHKT2;2/1 probably originated from a deletion in chromosome 6, producing a chimeric gene. Its 5' region corresponds to that of OsHKT2;2, whose full-length sequence is not present in Nipponbare but has been identified in Pokkali, a salt-tolerant rice cultivar. Its 3' region corresponds to that of OsHKT2;1. No-OsHKT2;2/1 is essentially expressed in roots and displays a significant level of expression at high Na⁺ concentrations, in contrast to OsHKT2;1. Expressed in Xenopus oocytes or in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, No-OsHKT2;2/1 exhibited a strong permeability to Na⁺ and K⁺, even at high external Na⁺ concentrations, like OsHKT2;2, and in contrast to OsHKT2;1. Our results suggest that No-OsHKT2;2/1 can contribute to Nona Bokra salt tolerance by enabling root K⁺ uptake under saline conditions.
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- Ronald J F J Oomen
- Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Plantes, UMR 5004 CNRS/UMR 0386 INRA/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier 2, 34060 Montpellier Cedex 2, France
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Zaidi I, González A, Touzri M, Alvarez MC, Ramos J, Masmoudi K, Ariño J, Hanin M. The wheat MAP kinase phosphatase 1 confers higher lithium tolerance in yeast. FEMS Yeast Res 2012; 12:774-84. [PMID: 22741610 DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2012.00827.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2011] [Revised: 05/17/2012] [Accepted: 06/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The durum wheat TMKP1 gene encodes a MAP kinase phosphatase. When overexpressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, TMKP1 leads to salt stress tolerance (especially LiCl ), which is dependent on the phosphatase activity of the protein. The TMKP1-associated Li(+) resistance is restricted to a galactose-containing medium. Interestingly, this salt tolerance is abolished in the absence of one member of the yeast type 2C Ser/Thr protein phosphatase family (Ptc1) but not when other members such as Ptc2 or Ptc3 are lacking. Increased Li(+) tolerance is not mediated by regulation of the P-type ATPase Ena1, a major determinant for salt tolerance. In contrast, the effect of TMKP1 depends on Hal3 (a negative regulator of Ppz phosphatases) and on the presence of the high-affinity potassium transporters Trk1/Trk2. Tolerance to Li(+) is also abolished in cells lacking the aldose reductase Gre3, previously shown to be involved in the resistance to this cation. This study provides evidence that the wheat TMKP1 phosphatase is contributing to reduce the exacerbated lithium toxicity in galactose-grown cells, in a way that depends on the presence of the potassium Trk transporters.
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- Ikram Zaidi
- Laboratory of Plant Protection and Improvement, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
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Benito B, Garciadeblas B, Rodriguez-Navarro A. HAK transporters from Physcomitrella patens and Yarrowia lipolytica mediate sodium uptake. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 53:1117-1123. [PMID: 22514087 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcs056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The widespread presence of Na(+)-specific uptake systems across plants and fungi is a controversial topic. In this study, we identify two HAK genes, one in the moss Physcomitrella patens and the other in the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica, that encode Na(+)-specific transporters. Because HAK genes are numerous in plants and are duplicated in many fungi, our findings suggest that some HAK genes encode Na(+) transporters and that Na(+) might play physiological roles in plants and fungi more extensively than is currently thought.
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- Begoña Benito
- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Campus de Montegancedo, Carretera M-40, km 37.7, 28223-Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), Spain.
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Marquina M, González A, Barreto L, Gelis S, Muñoz I, Ruiz A, Álvarez MC, Ramos J, Ariño J. Modulation of yeast alkaline cation tolerance by Ypi1 requires calcineurin. Genetics 2012; 190:1355-64. [PMID: 22367039 PMCID: PMC3316648 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.112.138370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2012] [Accepted: 01/29/2012] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Ypi1 was discovered as an essential protein able to act as a regulatory subunit of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae type 1 protein phosphatase Glc7 and play a key role in mitosis. We show here that partial depletion of Ypi1 causes lithium sensitivity and that high levels of this protein confer a lithium-tolerant phenotype to yeast cells. Remarkably, this phenotype was independent of the role of Ypi1 as a Glc7 regulatory subunit. Lithium tolerance in cells overexpressing Ypi1 was caused by a combination of increased efflux of lithium, mediated by augmented expression of the alkaline cation ATPase ENA1, and decreased lithium influx through the Trk1,2 high-affinity potassium transporters. Deletion of CNB1, encoding the regulatory subunit of the calcineurin phosphatase, blocked Ypi1-induced expression of ENA1, normalized Li(+) fluxes, and abolished the Li(+) hypertolerant phenotype of Ypi1-overexpressing cells. These results point to a complex role of Ypi1 on the regulation of cation homeostasis, largely mediated by the calcineurin phosphatase.
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- Maribel Marquina
- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina and Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina and Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina and Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología, Universidad de Córdoba, Campus Rabanales, 14071 Córdoba, Spain
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina and Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina and Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología, Universidad de Córdoba, Campus Rabanales, 14071 Córdoba, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología, Universidad de Córdoba, Campus Rabanales, 14071 Córdoba, Spain
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina and Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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Rodríguez A, Benito B, Cagnac O. Using heterologous expression systems to characterize potassium and sodium transport activities. Methods Mol Biol 2012; 913:371-386. [PMID: 22895773 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-986-0_25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The expression of plant transporters in simple well-characterized cell systems is an irreplaceable technique for gaining insights into the kinetic and energetic features of plant transporters. Among all the available expression systems, yeast cells offer the highest simplicity and have the capacity to mimic the in vivo properties of plant transporters. Here, we describe the use of yeast mutants to express K(+) and Na(+) plant transporters and discuss some experimental problems that can produce misleading results.
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- Alonso Rodríguez
- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
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Benito B, Garciadeblás B, Fraile-Escanciano A, Rodríguez-Navarro A. Potassium and sodium uptake systems in fungi. The transporter diversity of Magnaporthe oryzae. Fungal Genet Biol 2011; 48:812-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2011.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2011] [Revised: 03/03/2011] [Accepted: 03/03/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Rivetta A, Kuroda T, Slayman C. Anion currents in yeast K+ transporters (TRK) characterize a structural homologue of ligand-gated ion channels. Pflugers Arch 2011; 462:315-30. [PMID: 21556692 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-011-0959-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2011] [Revised: 03/13/2011] [Accepted: 03/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Patch clamp studies of the potassium-transport proteins TRK1,2 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae have revealed large chloride efflux currents: at clamp voltages negative to -100 mV, and intracellular chloride concentrations >10 mM (J. Membr. Biol. 198:177, 2004). Stationary-state current-voltage analysis led to an in-series two-barrier model for chloride activation: the lower barrier (α) being 10-13 kcal/mol located ~30% into the membrane from the cytoplasmic surface; and the higher one (β) being 12-16 kcal/mol located at the outer surface. Measurements carried out with lyotrophic anions and osmoprotective solutes have now demonstrated the following new properties: (1) selectivity for highly permeant anions changes with extracellular pH; at pH(o)= 5.5: I(-)≈ Br(-) >Cl(-) >SCN(-) >NO (3)(-) , and at pH(o) 7.5: I(-)≈ Br(-) > SCN(-) > NO(3)(-) >Cl(-). (2) NO(2)(-) acts like "superchoride", possibly enhancing the channel's intrinsic permeability to Cl(-). (3) SCN(-) and NO(3)(-) block chloride permeability. (4) The order of selectivity for several slightly permeant anions (at pH(o)= 5.5 only) is formate>gluconate>acetate>>phosphate(-1). (5) All anion conductances are modulated (choked) by osmoprotective solutes. (6) The data and descriptive two-barrier model evoke a hypothetical structure (Biophys. J. 77:789, 1999) consisting of an intramembrane homotetramer of fungal TRK molecules, arrayed radially around a central cluster of four single helices (TM7) from each monomer. (7) That tetrameric cluster would resemble the hydrophobic core of (pentameric) ligand-gated ion channels, and would suggest voltage-modulated hydrophobic gating to underlie anion permeation.
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- Alberto Rivetta
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
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Zhang YD, Véry AA, Wang LM, Deng YW, Sentenac H, Huang DF. A K+ channel from salt-tolerant melon inhibited by Na+. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2011; 189:856-868. [PMID: 21077888 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03526.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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• The possible roles of K(+) channels in plant adaptation to high Na(+) conditions have not been extensively analyzed. Here, we characterize an inward Shaker K(+) channel, MIRK (melon inward rectifying K(+) channel), cloned in a salt-tolerant melon (Cucumis melo) cultivar, and show that this channel displays an unusual sensitivity to Na(+) . • MIRK expression localization was analyzed by reverse-transcription PCR (RT-PCR). MIRK functional analyses were performed in yeast (growth tests) and Xenopus oocytes (voltage-clamp). MIRK-type activity was revealed in guard cells using the patch-clamp technique. • MIRK is an inwardly rectifying Shaker channel belonging to the 'KAT' subgroup and expressed in melon leaves (especially in guard cells and vasculature), stems, flowers and fruits. Besides having similar features to its close homologs, MIRK displays a unique property: inhibition of K(+) transport by external Na(+) . In Xenopus oocytes, external Na(+) affected both inward and outward MIRK currents in a voltage-independent manner, suggesting a blocking site in the channel external mouth. • The degree of MIRK inhibition by Na(+) , which is dependent on the Na(+) /K(+) concentration ratio, is predicted to have an impact on the control of K(+) transport in planta upon salt stress. Expressed in guard cells, MIRK might control Na(+) arrival to the shoots via regulation of stomatal aperture by Na(+) .
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- Yi-Dong Zhang
- Plant Science Institute, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, People's Republic of China
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- Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaires des Plantes, UMR 5004 CNRS/UMR 386 INRA/SupAgro-M/UM2, Place Viala, 34060 Montpellier Cedex 2, France
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- Plant Science Institute, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, People's Republic of China
- Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaires des Plantes, UMR 5004 CNRS/UMR 386 INRA/SupAgro-M/UM2, Place Viala, 34060 Montpellier Cedex 2, France
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- Plant Science Institute, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, People's Republic of China
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- Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaires des Plantes, UMR 5004 CNRS/UMR 386 INRA/SupAgro-M/UM2, Place Viala, 34060 Montpellier Cedex 2, France
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- Plant Science Institute, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, People's Republic of China
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Corratgé-Faillie C, Jabnoune M, Zimmermann S, Véry AA, Fizames C, Sentenac H. Potassium and sodium transport in non-animal cells: the Trk/Ktr/HKT transporter family. Cell Mol Life Sci 2010; 67:2511-32. [PMID: 20333436 PMCID: PMC11115768 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-010-0317-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2009] [Revised: 02/10/2010] [Accepted: 02/15/2010] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Bacterial Trk and Ktr, fungal Trk and plant HKT form a family of membrane transporters permeable to K(+) and/or Na(+) and characterized by a common structure probably derived from an ancestral K(+) channel subunit. This transporter family, specific of non-animal cells, displays a large diversity in terms of ionic permeability, affinity and energetic coupling (H(+)-K(+) or Na(+)-K(+) symport, K(+) or Na(+) uniport), which might reflect a high need for adaptation in organisms living in fluctuating or dilute environments. Trk/Ktr/HKT transporters are involved in diverse functions, from K(+) or Na(+) uptake to membrane potential control, adaptation to osmotic or salt stress, or Na(+) recirculation from shoots to roots in plants. Structural analyses of bacterial Ktr point to multimeric structures physically interacting with regulatory subunits. Elucidation of Trk/Ktr/HKT protein structures along with characterization of mutated transporters could highlight functional and evolutionary relationships between ion channels and transporters displaying channel-like features.
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- C. Corratgé-Faillie
- Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Plantes, UMR 5004 CNRS/UMR 0386 INRA/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier 2, 2 Place Viala, 34060 Montpellier Cedex 2, France
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- Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Plantes, UMR 5004 CNRS/UMR 0386 INRA/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier 2, 2 Place Viala, 34060 Montpellier Cedex 2, France
- Present Address: Plant Biotechnology Laboratory, DBMV, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Plantes, UMR 5004 CNRS/UMR 0386 INRA/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier 2, 2 Place Viala, 34060 Montpellier Cedex 2, France
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- Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Plantes, UMR 5004 CNRS/UMR 0386 INRA/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier 2, 2 Place Viala, 34060 Montpellier Cedex 2, France
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- Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Plantes, UMR 5004 CNRS/UMR 0386 INRA/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier 2, 2 Place Viala, 34060 Montpellier Cedex 2, France
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- Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Plantes, UMR 5004 CNRS/UMR 0386 INRA/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier 2, 2 Place Viala, 34060 Montpellier Cedex 2, France
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Haro R, Bañuelos MA, Rodríguez-Navarro A. High-affinity sodium uptake in land plants. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2010; 51:68-79. [PMID: 19939835 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcp168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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High-affinity Na(+) uptake in plants and its mediation by HKT transporters have been studied in very few species. This study expands the knowledge of high-affinity Na(+) uptake in land plants for both uptake characteristics and involvement of HKT transporters. In non-flowering plants, we analyzed the Na(+) content of wild mosses, carried out experiments on K(+) and Na(+) uptake in the micromolar range of concentrations with the moss Physcomitrella patens and the liverwort Riccia fluitans, studied a Deltahkt1 mutant of P. patens and identified the HKT genes of the lycopodiophyta (clubmoss) Selaginella moellendorffii. In flowering plants we studied Na(+) uptake in the micromolar range of concentrations in 16 crop plant species, identified the HKT transporters that could mediate high-affinity Na(+) uptake in several species of the Triticeae tribe, and described some characteristics of high-affinity Na(+) uptake in other species. Our results suggest that high-affinity Na(+) uptake occurs in most land plants. In very few of them, rice and species in the Triticeae and Aveneae tribes of the Poaceae family, it is probably mediated by HKT transporters. In other plants, high-affinity Na(+) uptake is mediated by one or several transporters whose responses to the presence of K(+) or Ba(2+) are fundamentally different from those of HKT transporters.
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- Rosario Haro
- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Garciadeblas B, Barrero-Gil J, Benito B, Rodríguez-Navarro A. Potassium transport systems in the moss Physcomitrella patens: pphak1 plants reveal the complexity of potassium uptake. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2007; 52:1080-1093. [PMID: 17916113 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2007.03297.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Potassium uptake is one of the most basic processes of plant physiology. However, a comprehensive description is lacking. At a cellular level fungi have provided a helpful but imperfect plant model, which we aim to improve using Physcomitrella patens. Blast searches in expressed sequence tag databases demonstrated that Physcomitrella expresses the same families of K(+) and Na(+) transport systems as flowering plants. We cloned two inward rectifier channels, PpAKT1-2, and four HAK-type transporters (PpHAK1-4). In both types of transport system, phylogenetic analyses revealed that despite their high sequence conservation they could not be included in Arabidopsis or rice (Oryza sativa) clusters. Both inward rectifier channels and one HAK transporter (PpHAK1) were expressed in yeast. PpAKT1 and activated mutants of PpAKT2 and PpHAK1 showed clear functions that were similar to those of homologous systems of flowering plants. A pphak1 null mutant line of Physcomitrella failed to deplete K(+) below 10 mum. Moreover, in a non-K(+)-limiting medium in which wild-type plants grew only as protonema, pphak1-1 plants produced leafy gametophores and contained 60% more K(+). We found that Physcomitrella takes up K(+) through several systems. PpHAK1 is the dominant system in plants that underwent K(+) starvation for long periods but an as-yet unidentified system, which is non-selective for K(+), Rb(+), and Cs(+), dominates in many other conditions. Finally, we discuss that, similar to PpHAK1, one of the functions of AtHAK5 may be to control cellular K(+) content and that a non-selective as-yet unidentified system also exists in Arabidopsis.
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- Blanca Garciadeblas
- Departamento de Biotecnología, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Corratgé C, Zimmermann S, Lambilliotte R, Plassard C, Marmeisse R, Thibaud JB, Lacombe B, Sentenac H. Molecular and functional characterization of a Na(+)-K(+) transporter from the Trk family in the ectomycorrhizal fungus Hebeloma cylindrosporum. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:26057-66. [PMID: 17626012 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m611613200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Ectomycorrhizal symbiosis between fungi and woody plants strongly improves plant mineral nutrition and constitutes a major biological process in natural ecosystems. Molecular identification and functional characterization of fungal transport systems involved in nutrient uptake are crucial steps toward understanding the improvement of plant nutrition and the symbiotic relationship itself. In the present report a transporter belonging to the Trk family is identified in the model ectomycorrhizal fungus Hebeloma cylindrosporum and named HcTrk1. The Trk family is still poorly characterized, although it plays crucial roles in K(+) transport in yeasts and filamentous fungi. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae K(+) uptake is mainly dependent on the activity of Trk transporters thought to mediate H(+):K(+) symport. The ectomycorrhizal HcTrk1 transporter was functional when expressed in Xenopus oocytes, enabling the first electrophysiological characterization of a transporter from the Trk family. HcTrk1 mediates instantaneously activating inwardly rectifying currents, is permeable to both K(+) and Na(+), and displays channel-like functional properties. The whole set of data and particularly a phenomenon reminiscent of the anomalous mole fraction effect suggest that the transport does not occur according to the classical alternating access model. Permeation appears to occur through a single-file pore, where interactions between Na(+) and K(+) might result in Na(+):K(+) co-transport activity. HcTrk1 is expressed in external hyphae that explore the soil when the fungus grows in symbiotic condition. Thus, it could play a major role in both the K(+) and Na(+) nutrition of the fungus (and of the plant) in nutrient-poor soils.
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- Claire Corratgé
- Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UMR5004, CNRS/INRA/SupAgro/UM2 and Rhizosphère and Symbiose, UMR1222 INRA/SupAgro, Place Viala, F-34060 Montpellier, France
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Haro R, Bañuelos MA, Senn ME, Barrero-Gil J, Rodríguez-Navarro A. HKT1 mediates sodium uniport in roots. Pitfalls in the expression of HKT1 in yeast. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2005; 139:1495-506. [PMID: 16258014 PMCID: PMC1283784 DOI: 10.1104/pp.105.067553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The function of HKT1 in roots is controversial. We tackled this controversy by studying Na+ uptake in barley (Hordeum vulgare) roots, cloning the HvHKT1 gene, and expressing the HvHKT1 cDNA in yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) cells. High-affinity Na+ uptake was not detected in plants growing at high K+ but appeared soon after exposing the plants to a K(+)-free medium. It was a uniport, insensitive to external K+ at the beginning of K+ starvation and inhibitable by K+ several hours later. The expression of HvHKT1 in yeast was Na+ (or K+) uniport, Na(+)-K+ symport, or a mix of both, depending on the construct from which the transporter was expressed. The Na+ uniport function was insensitive to external K+ and mimicked the Na+ uptake carried out by the roots at the beginning of K+ starvation. The K+ uniport function only took place in yeast cells that were completely K+ starved and disappeared when internal K+ increased, which makes it unlikely that HvHKT1 mediates K+ uptake in roots. Mutation of the first in-frame AUG codon of HvHKT1 to CUC changed the uniport function into symport. The expression of the symport from either mutants or constructs keeping the first in-frame AUG took place only in K(+)-starved cells, while the uniport was expressed in all conditions. We discuss here that the symport occurs only in heterologous expression. It is most likely related to the K+ inhibitable Na+ uptake process of roots that heterologous systems fail to reproduce.
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- Rosario Haro
- Departamento de Biotecnología, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Rivetta A, Slayman C, Kuroda T. Quantitative modeling of chloride conductance in yeast TRK potassium transporters. Biophys J 2005; 89:2412-26. [PMID: 16040756 PMCID: PMC1366741 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.066712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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So-called TRK proteins are responsible for active accumulation of potassium in plants, fungi, and bacteria. A pair of these proteins in the plasma membrane of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, ScTrk1p and ScTrk2p, also admit large, adventitious, chloride currents during patch-recording (Cl- efflux). Resulting steady-state current-voltage curves can be described by two simple kinetic models, most interestingly, voltage-driven channeling of ions through a pair of activation-energy barriers that lie within the membrane dielectric, near the inner (alpha) and outer (beta) surfaces. Two barrier heights (E(alpha) and E(beta)) and two relative distances (a1 and b2) from the surfaces specify the model. Measured current amplitude parallels intracellular chloride concentration and is strongly enhanced by acidic extracellular pH. The former implies an exponential variation of a1, between approximately 0.2 and approximately 0.4 of the membrane thickness, whereas the latter implies a linear variation of E(beta), by 0.69 Kcal mol(-1)/pH. The model requires membrane slope conductance to rise exponentially with increasingly large negative membrane voltage, as verified by data from a few yeast spheroplasts that tolerated voltage clamping at -200 to -300 mV. The behaviors of E(beta) and a1 accord qualitatively with a hypothetical structural model for fungal TRK proteins, suggesting that chloride ions flow through a central pore formed by symmetric aggregation of four TRK monomers.
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- Alberto Rivetta
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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Kuroda T, Bihler H, Bashi E, Slayman CL, Rivetta A. Chloride channel function in the yeast TRK-potassium transporters. J Membr Biol 2005; 198:177-92. [PMID: 15216418 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-004-0671-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2003] [Revised: 02/27/2004] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The TRK proteins-Trk1p and Trk2p- are the main agents responsible for "active" accumulation of potassium by the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In previous studies, inward currents measured through those proteins by whole-cell patch-clamping proved very unresponsive to changes of extracellular potassium concentration, although they did increase with extracellular proton concentration-qualitatively as expected for H(+) coupling to K(+) uptake. These puzzling observations have now been explored in greater detail, with the following major findings: a) the large inward TRK currents are not carried by influx of either K(+) or H(+), but rather by an efflux of chloride ions; b) with normal expression levels for Trk1p and Trk2p in potassium-replete cells, the inward TRK currents are contributed approximately half by Trk1p and half by Trk2p; but c) strain background strongly influences the absolute magnitude of these currents, which are nearly twice as large in W303-derived spheroplasts as in S288c-derived cells (same cell-size and identical recording conditions); d) incorporation of mutations that increase cell size (deletion of the Golgi calcium pump, Pmr1p) or that upregulate the TRK2 promoter, can further substantially increase the TRK currents; e) removal of intracellular chloride (e.g., replacement by sulfate or gluconate) reveals small inward currents that are K(+)-dependent and can be enhanced by K(+) starvation; and f) finally, the latter currents display two saturating kinetic components, with preliminary estimates of K(0.5) at 46 micro M [K(+)](out) and 6.8 m M [K(+)](out), and saturating fluxes of approximately 5 m M/min and approximately 10 m M/min (referred to intracellular water). These numbers are compatible with the normal K(+)-transport properties of Trk1p and Trk2p, respectively.
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- T Kuroda
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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Zeng GF, Pypaert M, Slayman CL. Epitope Tagging of the Yeast K+ Carrier Trk2p Demonstrates Folding That Is Consistent with a Channel-like Structure. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:3003-13. [PMID: 14570869 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m309760200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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TRK family proteins, which mediate the concentrative uptake of potassium by plant cells, fungi, and bacteria, resemble primitive potassium channels in sequence and have recently been proposed actually to fold like potassium channels in a 4-MPM motif (Durell, S. R., and Guy, H. R. (1999) Biophys. J. 77, 789 - 807), instead of like conventional substrate porters in the 12-TM motif (Gaber, R. F., Styles, C. A., and Fink, G. R. (1988) Mol. Cell. Biol. 8, 2848-2859). The known fungal members of this family possess a very long hydrophilic loop, positioned intracellularly in the K(+)-channel model and extracellularly in the substrate porter model. This and two shorter hydrophilic segments have been tested as topological markers for the true folding pattern of TRK proteins using Saccharomyces cerevisiae Trk2p. Hemagglutinin epitope tags were inserted into all three segments, and the enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) was fused to the C terminus of Trk2p. The gene constructs were expressed from a high copy plasmid, and sidedness of the tags was determined by native fluorescence (EGFP), indirect immunofluorescence, and immunoelectron microscopy. Both the long-loop tag and the C-terminal EGFP fusion allowed abundant protein to reach the plasma membrane and support normal yeast growth. In all determinations, the long-loop tag was localized to the inner surface of the yeast cell plasma membrane, thus strongly supporting the channel-like folding model. Additional observations showed (i). membrane-associated Trk2p to lie in proteolipid rafts; (ii). significant tagged protein, expressed from the plasmid, to be sequestered in cytoplasmic vesicular-tubular clusters; and (iii). suppression of such clusters by yeast growth in 5-10% glycerol. This chaperone-like effect may assist other membrane proteins (overexpressed or heterologously expressed) to function within the yeast plasma membrane.
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- Ge-Fei Zeng
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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Current awareness on yeast. Yeast 2003; 20:1309-16. [PMID: 14664230 DOI: 10.1002/yea.951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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