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A Distinct Endosomal Ca²⁺/Mn²⁺ Pump Affects Root Growth through the Secretory Process^{1,[C],[W],[OA]}

Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742–5815 (X.L., S.C., Z.W., H.S.); and Biochemistry Department, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557 (S.M.R., J.F.H.)

Ca²⁺ is required for protein processing, sorting, and secretion in eukaryotic cells, although the particular roles of the transporters involved in the secretory system of plants are obscure. One endomembrane-type Ca-ATPase from Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), AtECA3, diverges from AtECA1, AtECA2, and AtECA4 in protein sequence; yet, AtECA3 appears similar in transport activity to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-bound AtECA1. Expression of AtECA3 in a yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) mutant defective in its endogenous Ca²⁺ pumps conferred the ability to grow on Ca²⁺-depleted medium and tolerance to toxic levels of Mn²⁺. A green fluorescent protein-tagged AtECA3 was functionally competent and localized to intracellular membranes of yeast, suggesting that Ca²⁺ and Mn²⁺ loading into internal compartment(s) enhanced yeast proliferation. In mesophyll protoplasts, AtECA3-green fluorescent protein associated with a subpopulation of endosome/prevacuolar compartments based on partial colocalization with the Ara7 marker. Interestingly, three independent eca3 T-DNA disruption mutants showed severe reduction in root growth normally stimulated by 3 mM Ca²⁺, indicating that AtECA3 function cannot be replaced by an ER-associated AtECA1. Furthermore, root growth of mutants is sensitive to 50 µM Mn²⁺, indicating that AtECA3 is also important for the detoxification of excess Mn²⁺. Curiously, Ateca3 mutant roots produced 65% more apoplastic protein than wild-type roots, as monitored by peroxidase activity, suggesting that the secretory process was altered. Together, these results demonstrate that the role of AtECA3 is distinct from that of the more abundant ER AtECA1. AtECA3 supports Ca²⁺-stimulated root growth and the detoxification of high Mn²⁺, possibly through activities mediated by post-Golgi compartments that coordinate membrane traffic and sorting of materials to the vacuole and the cell wall.

² Present address: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520.

³ Present address: Beijing Research Center of Agro-Biotechnology, Beijing 100089, China.

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^* Corresponding author; e-mail hsze{at}umd.edu.

Received April 10, 2008; accepted June 14, 2008; published June 20, 2008.

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