Salt tolerance conferred by overexpression of a vacuolar Na+/H+ antiport in Arabidopsis.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Agricultural productivity is severely affected by soil salinity. One possible mechanism by which plants could survive salt stress is to compartmentalize sodium ions away from the cytosol. Overexpression of a vacuolar Na+/H+ antiport from Arabidopsis thaliana in Arabidopsis plants promotes sustained growth and development in soil watered with up to 200 millimolar sodium chloride. This salinity tolerance was correlated with higher-than-normal levels of AtNHX1 transcripts, protein, and vacuolar Na+/H+ (sodium/proton) antiport activity. These results demonstrate the feasibility of engineering salt tolerance in plants.
Medical subject headings
- Arabidopsis
- Arabidopsis Proteins
- Cation Transport Proteins
- Sodium
- Sodium Chloride
- Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers