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Cover Caption: Subcellular Localization of AaNhaD
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of integrative plant biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.734
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1744-7909
pISSN - 1672-9072
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2012.01133.x
Subject(s) - antiporter , vacuole , salinity , cytoplasm , subcellular localization , alkalinity , gene , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , botany , chemistry , membrane , biochemistry , ecology , organic chemistry
The AaNhaD gene from soda lake Alkalimonas amylolytica encodes a Na + /H + antiporter that plays a crucial role in the bacterium's resistance to salt/alkali stresses. Zhong et al. (pp. 412–421) reported that AaNhaD functions as a pH‐dependent tonoplast Na + /H + antiporter in plant cells and is able to enhance the salinity/alkalinity tolerance in transgenic tobacco BY‐2 cells and plants. The cover picture illustrates that AaNhaD proteins are located primarily in the vacuole membranes in a BY‐2 cell.