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Cadmium determinant 1 is a putative heavy‐metal transporter in Arabidopsis thaliana (617.4)
Author(s) -
Aksoy Emre,
Salazar Jose,
Koiwa Hisashi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.28.1_supplement.617.4
Subject(s) - cadmium , xylem , arabidopsis thaliana , mutant , shoot , transporter , arabidopsis , biology , botany , plastid , chromosomal translocation , chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , gene , chloroplast , organic chemistry
Cadmium (Cd) is a non‐essential toxic heavy metal for most organisms. Accumulation of Cd is toxic to plants, and it also causes serious health concerns in humans as plants are the major staples in human diet. In A. thaliana, cadmium is mainly accumulated in the roots suggesting that root‐to‐shoot Cd translocation is restricted at the xylem loading. Up to date, two members of HEAVY METAL P1B‐ATPase (HMA) family of transporters, namely HMA2 and HMA4, and some YSL transporters have been shown to be responsible for Cd loading into the xylem. Here we present data suggesting CADMIUM DETERMINANT 1 (CDM1) as a previously uncharacterized putative heavy‐metal transporter in plants. Expression of CDM1 was induced under Cd treatment in wild‐type seedling roots. Elemental analysis of two alleles of cdm1 mutant by ICP‐MS showed that the mutants accumulated less Cd and Zn both in shoots and roots after Cd treatment. In addition, root growth of cdm1 mutants showed higher tolerance to Cd toxicity. These data suggest that CADMIUM DETERMINANT 1 (CDM1) functions in Cd distribution in plants. Interestingly, preliminary confocal microscopy analyses of seedlings overexpressing CDM1:GFP indicated that CDM1 localized to the plastids. Further characterization of CDM1:GUS and CDM1 overexpression lines are in progress. Grant Funding Source : Supported by NSF‐MCB 0950459