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Overexpression of a Novel Arabidopsis Gene Related to Putative
Zinc-Transporter Genes from Animals Can Lead to Enhanced Zinc
Resistance and Accumulation
Bert J. van der Zaal*,
Leon W. Neuteboom,
Johan E. Pinas,
Agnes N. Chardonnens,
Henk Schat,
Jos A.C. Verkleij, and
Paul J.J. Hooykaas
Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, Leiden University, Clusius
Laboratory, Wassenaarseweg 64, 2333 AL Leiden, The Netherlands
(B.J.v.d.Z., L.W.N., J.E.P., P.J.J.H.); and Department of Ecology and
Ecotoxicology, Faculty of Biology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De
Boelelaan 1087, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands (A.N.C., H.S.,
J.A.C.V.)
We describe the isolation of an
Arabidopsis gene that is closely related to the animal
ZnT genes (Zn
transporter). The protein
encoded by the ZAT (Zn transporter of
Arabidopsis thaliana) gene has 398 amino acid residues and is predicted to have six membrane-spanning
domains. To obtain evidence for the postulated function of the
Arabidopsis gene, transgenic plants with the ZAT coding sequence under
control of the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter were analyzed.
Plants obtained with ZAT in the sense orientation exhibited enhanced Zn
resistance and strongly increased Zn content in the roots under high Zn
exposure. Antisense mRNA-producing plants were viable, with a wild-type level of Zn resistance and content, like plants expressing a truncated coding sequence lacking the C-terminal cytoplasmic domain of the protein. The availability of ZAT can lead to a better
understanding of the mechanism of Zn homeostasis and resistance in
plants.
*
Corresponding author; e-mail zaal{at}rulbim.leidenuniv.nl; fax
31-71-527-4999.
Plant Physiol. (1999) 119: 1047-1056
Copyright Clearance Center: 0032-0889/99/119//10
© 1999 American Society of Plant Physiologists
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