Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10872732 | FEBS Letters | 2005 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
The Arabidopsis thaliana AtHMA4 is a P1B-type ATPase that clusters with the Zn/Cd/Pb/Co subgroup. It has been previously shown, by heterologous expression and the study of AtHMA4 knockout or overexpressing lines in Arabidopsis [1], [2], [3], that AtHMA4 is implicated in zinc homeostasis and cadmium tolerance. Here, we report the study of the heterologous expression of AtHMA4 in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. AtHMA4 expression resulted in an increased tolerance to Zn, Cd and Pb and to a phenotypic complementation of hypersensitive mutants. In contrast, an increased sensitivity towards Co was observed. An AtHMA4::GFP fusion protein was observed in endocytic vesicles and at the yeast plasma membrane. Mutagenesis of the cysteine and glutamate residues from the N-ter degenerated heavy metal binding domain impaired the function of AtHMA4. It was also the case when the C-ter His11 stretch was deleted, giving evidence that these amino acids are essential for the AtHMA4 binding/translocation of metals.
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Authors
Frédéric Verret, Antoine Gravot, Pascaline Auroy, Sandra Preveral, Cyrille Forestier, Alain Vavasseur, Pierre Richaud,