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2023
Ammonium uptake, mediated by ammonium transporters, mitigates manganese toxicity in duckweed, Spirodela polyrhiza
Ammonium uptake, mediated by ammonium transporters, mitigates manganese toxicity in duckweed, Spirodela polyrhiza
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Nitrogen is an essential nutrient that affects all aspects of the growth, development and metabolic responses of plants. Here we investigated the influence of the two major sources of inorganic nitrogen, nitrate and ammonium, on the toxicity caused by excess of Mn in great duckweed, Spirodela polyrhiza. The revealed alleviating effect of ammonium on Mn-mediated toxicity, was complemented by detailed molecular, biochemical and evolutionary characterization of the species ammonium transporters (AMTs). Four genes encoding AMTs in S. polyrhiza, were classified as SpAMT1;1, SpAMT1;2, SpAMT1;3 and SpAMT2. Functional testing of the expressed proteins in yeast and Xenopus oocytes clearly demonstrated activity of SpAMT1;1 and SpAMT1;3 in transporting ammonium. Transcripts of all SpAMT genes were detected in duckweed fronds grown in cultivation medium, containing a physiological or 50-fold elevated concentration of Mn at the background of nitrogen or a mixture of nitrate and ammonium. Each gene demonstrated an individual expression pattern, revealed by RT-qPCR. Revealing the mitigating effect of ammonium uptake on manganese toxicity in aquatic duckweed S. polyrhiza, the study presents a comprehensive analysis of the transporters involved in the uptake of ammonium, shedding a new light on the interactions between the mechanisms of heavy metal toxicity and the regulation of the plant nitrogen metabolism.
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Plants, 12 (2023), 1, 208.
https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12010208.
ISSN: 2223-7747
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@article{Kishchenko2023,
url = {https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/16504},
doi = {10.3390/plants12010208},
author = {Kishchenko, Olena and Stepanenko, Anton and Straub, Tatsiana et al.},
title = {Ammonium uptake, mediated by ammonium transporters, mitigates manganese toxicity in duckweed, Spirodela polyrhiza},
journal = {Plants},
year = {2023},
volume = {12},
number = {1},
}