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Ahmad, I., Devonshire, J., Mohamed, R., Schulze, M. and Maathuis, F. J. M. 2016. Overexpression of the potassium channel TPKb in small vacuoles confers osmotic and drought tolerance to rice. New Phytologist. 209 (3), pp. 1040-1048. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.13708
Authors | Ahmad, I., Devonshire, J., Mohamed, R., Schulze, M. and Maathuis, F. J. M. |
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Abstract | Potassium (K+) is the most important cationic nutrient for all living organisms. Vacuolar two-pore K+ (TPK) channels are important players in the regulation of cellular levels of K+ but have not been characterised in rice. In order to assess the role of OsTPKb, a K+ selective ion channel predominantly expressed in the tonoplast of small vacuoles, we generated overexpressing (OX) lines using a constitutive promoter and compared their phenotypes with control plants. Relative to control plants, OX lines showed better growth when exposed to low-K+ or water stress conditions. K+ uptake was greater in OX lines which may be driven by increased AKT1 and HAK1 activity. The enhanced K+ uptake led to tissue K+ levels that were raised in roots and shoots. Furthermore, energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) analyses showed a higher cytoplasm: vacuole K+ ratio which is likely to contribute to the increased stress tolerance. In all, the data suggest that TPKb can alter the K+ status of small vacuoles, which is important for general cellular K+ homeostasis which, in turn, affects stress tolerance. |
Keywords | Plant Sciences |
Year of Publication | 2016 |
Journal | New Phytologist |
Journal citation | 209 (3), pp. 1040-1048 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.13708 |
PubMed ID | 26474307 |
Open access | Published as bronze (free) open access |
Funder project or code | Project: C5610 |
Publisher's version | |
Publisher | Wiley |
ISSN | 0028-646X |
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