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Plant Physiol, February 2001, Vol. 125, pp. 604-614

Expression and Stress-Dependent Induction of Potassium Channel Transcripts in the Common Ice Plant1

Hua Su, Dortje Golldack,2 Maki Katsuhara, Chengsong Zhao,3 and Hans J. Bohnert*

Departments of Plant Sciences (H.S., H.J.B.), Biochemistry (D.G., M.K., C.Z., H.J.B.), and Molecular and Cellular Biology (H.J.B.), Biosciences West, 1041 East Lowell Street, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0088; and Research Institute for Bioresources, Okayama University, Kurashiki 710-0046, Japan (M.K.)

We have characterized transcripts for three potassium channel homologs in the AKT/KAT subfamily (Shaker type) from the common ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), with a focus on their expression during salt stress (up to 500 mM NaCl). Mkt1 and 2, Arabidopsis AKT homologs, and Kmt1, a KAT homolog, are members of small gene families with two to three isoforms each. Mkt1 is root specific; Mkt2 is found in leaves, flowers, and seed capsules; and Kmt1 is expressed in leaves and seed capsules. Mkt1 is present in all cells of the root, and in leaves a highly conserved isoform is detected present in all cells with highest abundance in the vasculature. MKT1 for which antibodies were made is localized to the plasma membrane. Following salt stress, MKT1 (transcripts and protein) is drastically down-regulated, Mkt2 transcripts do not change significantly, and Kmt1 is strongly and transiently (maximum at 6 h) up-regulated in leaves and stems. The detection and stress-dependent behavior of abundant transcripts representing subfamilies of potassium channels provides information about tissue specificity and the complex regulation of genes encoding potassium uptake systems in a halophytic plant.

1 This work was supported by the Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station and in part by the U.S. Department of Agriculture-National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program (Plant Responses to the Environment).

2 Present address: Lehrstuhl für Stoffwechselphysiologie und Biochemie der Pflanzen, Universität Bielefeld, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany.

3 Present address: Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei 230031, China.

* Corresponding author; e-mail bohnerth{at}emailarizona.edu; fax 520-621-1697.

© 2001 American Society of Plant Physiologists


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