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PLANTA
Volume 225, Issue 6, Pages 1447-1458Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-006-0452-4
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ABC transporter; ALS1; aluminum; aluminium; Arabidopsis
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Aluminum toxicity in acid soils severely limits crop productivity through inhibition of root growth and, consequently, shoot development. Several Arabidopsis mutants were previously identified as having roots with A1 hypersensitivity, suggesting that these represent deleterious mutations affecting genes required for either A1 tolerance or resistance mechanisms. For this report, the als1-1 mutant was chosen for further characterization. The phenotype of als1-1 is most obviously presented in A1 challenged roots, as evidenced by exaggerated root growth inhibition in conjunction with increased expression of A1-responsive genes compared to wt. Using a map-based cloning approach, the als1-1 mutation was isolated and found to represent a deleterious amino acid substitution in a previously uncharacterized half type ABC transporter, At5g39040, which is expressed in a non-A1 dependent manner in all organs tested. GUS-dependent analyses revealed that ALS1 expression is primarily localized to the root tip and the vasculature throughout the plant. Concomitant with this, an ALS1: GFP fusion accumulates at the vacuolar membrane of root cells, indicating that ALS1 may be important for intracellular movement of some substrate, possibly chelated A1, as part of a mechanism of A1 sequestration.
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