Properties of Enhanced Tonoplast Zinc Transport in Naturally Selected Zinc-Tolerant Silene vulgaris
- 1 July 1999
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 120 (3), 779-786
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.120.3.779
Abstract
It was demonstrated recently that isolated tonoplast vesicles derived from plants of a Zn-tolerant ecotype of Silene vulgaris accumulate more Zn than vesicles derived from a Zn-sensitive ecotype. We have now characterized the tonoplast-transport system that causes this uptake difference and demonstrated its genetic correlation to Zn tolerance using plant crosses. We conclude that the tonoplast Zn uptake system of the tolerant ecotype differs greatly in its characteristics from that of the sensitive one, with the most prominent differences being its insensitivity to protonophores and ortho-vanadate and its stimulation by Mg-GTP. These differences in characteristics are most likely due to the fact that Zn can be taken up by two or more parallel pathways, which are not present in the same proportions in both ecotypes. In both ecotypes, Zn is actively transported across the tonoplast (temperature coefficient > 1.6), most likely as a free ion, since citrate does not accumulate in vesicles. Most importantly, the uptake difference found using the ecotypes was also found between homozygous Zn-tolerant and Zn-sensitive F3 plants, proving the genetic correlation between increased tonoplast Zn transport and naturally selected Zn tolerance in S. vulgaris.Keywords
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