ArticleTransgenic research2006
Generation of mercury-hyperaccumulating plants through transgenic expression of the bacterial mercury membrane transport protein MerC.
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- Phytoremediation and Microorganisms-Assisted Phytoremediation of Mercury-Contaminated Soils: Challenges and Perspectives.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Transgenic merA and merB expression reduces mercury contamination in vegetables and grains grown in mercury-contaminated soil.Plant cell reports · 2020Article
- Ectopic expression of a bacterial mercury transporter MerC in root epidermis for efficient mercury accumulation in shoots of Arabidopsis plants.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Genome Editing Weds CRISPR: What Is in It for Phytoremediation?Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Article
- Phytoextraction of Heavy Metals: A Promising Tool for Clean-Up of Polluted Environment?Frontiers in plant science · 2018Review
- In situ remediation technologies for mercury-contaminated soil.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2015Review
- Pollution due to hazardous glass waste.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2014Review
- Genetic engineering to enhance mercury phytoremediation.Current opinion in biotechnology · 2009Review
- Genetically modified plants and human health.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine · 2008Review
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Abstract
The merC gene from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans functions as a mercury uptake pump. MerC protein localizes in the cytoplasmic membrane of plant cells. When Arabidopsis thaliana and tobacco plants were transformed with the merC gene under the control of the Cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter, the resulting overexpression of merC rendered the host plants hypersensitive to Hg2+ and they accumulated approximately twice as much Hg2+ ion as the wild type plants. Thus, bacterial mercuric ion transporters such as MerC may be useful molecular tools for producing transgenic plants that hyperaccumulate Hg2+ ion.
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