NO3- and ClO3- Fluxes in the chl1-5 Mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana (Does the CHL1-5 Gene Encode a Low-Affinity NO3- Transporter?)
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- 1 May 1997
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 114 (1), 137-144
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.114.1.137
Abstract
The CHL1 gene is considered to encode a low-affinity transport system (LATS) for NO3- in Arabidopsis thaliana (Y.-F. Tsay, J.I. Schroeder, K.A. Feldmann, N.M. Crawford [1993] Cell 72: 705–713). However, the anticipated reduced NO3- uptake by the LATS associated with loss of CHL1 gene activity in chl1-5 deletion mutants was evident only when plants were grown on NH4NO3. When KNO3 was the sole N source, NO3- accumulation and short-term tracer influx (using 13NO3- and 15NO3-) in leaves and roots of wild-type and mutant plants were essentially identical. Nevertheless, root uptake of 36ClO3- by the LATS and ClO3- accumulation in roots and shoots of mutant plants were significantly lower than in wild-type plants when grown on KNO3. One explanation for these results is that a second LATS is able to compensate for the chl1-5 deficiency in KNO3-grown plants. Growth on NH4NO3 may down-regulate the second LATS enough that the anticipated difference in NO3- uptake becomes apparent.Keywords
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