In planta evidence that the HAK transporter OsHAK2 is involved in Na+ transport in rice

Autor: Shigeto Morita, Natsumi Tamba, Mineo Shibasaka, Shizuka Sasano, Taiju Kadoike, Yasuyo Urase, Masamitsu Maruyama, Aguri Fukuoka, Junta Yanai, Takehiro Masumura, Yasunari Ogihara, Shigeru Satoh, Kunisuke Tanaka, Maki Katsuhara, Hideki Nakayama
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry. 87:482-490
ISSN: 1347-6947
DOI: 10.1093/bbb/zbad020
Popis: HAK family transporters primarily function as K+ transporters and play major roles in K+ uptake and translocation in plants, whereas several HAK transporters exhibit Na+ transport activity. OsHAK2, a rice HAK transporter, was shown to mediate Na+ transport in Escherichia coli in a previous study. In this study, we investigated whether OsHAK2 is involved in Na+ transport in the rice plant. Overexpression of OsHAK2 increased Na+ translocation from the roots to the shoots of transgenic rice. It also increased both root and whole-plant Na+ content, and enhanced shoot length under low Na+ and K+ conditions. Meanwhile, OsHAK2 overexpression increased salt sensitivity under a long-term salt stress condition, indicating that OsHAK2 is not involved in salt tolerance, unlike in the case of ZmHAK4 in maize. These results suggest that OsHAK2 is permeable to Na+ and contributes to shoot growth in rice plants under low Na+ and K+ conditions.
Databáze: OpenAIRE