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. 2000 Apr 14;471(2-3):224-8.
doi: 10.1016/s0014-5793(00)01412-5.

Functional conservation between yeast and plant endosomal Na(+)/H(+) antiporters

F J Quintero  1 , M R Blatt, J M Pardo
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Functional conservation between yeast and plant endosomal Na(+)/H(+) antiporters

F J Quintero et al. FEBS Lett. .
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Abstract

Vacuolar compartmentation of Na(+) is an essential mechanism for salinity tolerance since it lowers cytosolic Na(+) levels while contributing to osmotic adjustment for cell turgor and expansion. The AtNHX1 protein of Arabidopsis thaliana substituted functionally for ScNHX1, the endosomal Na(+)/H(+) antiporter of yeast. Ion tolerance conferred by AtNHX1 and ScNHX1 correlated with ion uptake into an intracellular pool that was energetically dependent on the vacuolar (H(+))ATPase. AtNHX1 localized to vacuolar membrane fractions of yeast. Hence, both transporters share an evolutionarily conserved function in Na(+) compartmentation. AtNHX1 mRNA levels were upregulated by ABA and NaCl treatment in leaf but not in root tissue.

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