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Expression of the bacterial heavy metal transporter MerC fused with a plant SNARE, SYP121, in Arabidopsis thaliana increases cadmium accumulation and tolerance.
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- Tonoplast-targeted bacterial transporter MerC enhances cadmium tolerance in Arabidopsis via vacuolar sequestration and cytoplasmic protection.Plant cell reports · 2025Article
- Mesophyll specific expression of a bacterial mercury transporter-based vacuolar sequestration machinery sufficiently enhances mercury tolerance of Arabidopsis.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Article
- Stable expression of bacterial transporter ArsB attached to SNARE molecule enhances arsenic accumulation inPlant signaling & behavior · 2020Article
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- Ectopic expression of a bacterial mercury transporter MerC in root epidermis for efficient mercury accumulation in shoots of Arabidopsis plants.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Differences of endogenous polyamines and putative genes associated with paraquat resistance in goosegrass (Eleusine indica L.).PloS one · 2019Article
- Phytoextraction of Heavy Metals: A Promising Tool for Clean-Up of Polluted Environment?Frontiers in plant science · 2018Review
- How can we take advantage of halophyte properties to cope with heavy metal toxicity in salt-affected areas?Annals of botany · 2015Review
- Increase methylmercury accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana expressing bacterial broad-spectrum mercury transporter MerE.AMB Express · 2013Article
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Abstract
The bacterial merC gene from the Tn21-encoded mer operon is a potential molecular tool for improving the efficiency of metal phytoremediation. Arabidopsis SNARE molecules, including SYP111, SYP121, and AtVAM3 (SYP22), were attached to the C-terminus of MerC to target the protein to various organelles. The subcellular localization of transiently expressed GFP-fused MerC-SYP111, MerC-SYP121, and MerC-AtVAM3 was examined in Arabidopsis suspension-cultured cells. We found that GFP-MerC-SYP111 and GFP-MerC-SYP121 localized to the plasma membrane, whereas GFP-AtVAM3 localized to the vacuolar membranes. These results demonstrate that SYP111/SYP121 and AtVAM3 target foreign molecules to the plasma membrane and vacuolar membrane, respectively. To enhance the efficiency and potential of plants to sequester and accumulate cadmium from contaminated sites, transgenic Arabidopsis plants expressing MerC, MerC-SYP111, MerC-SYP121, or MerC-AtVAM3 were generated. The transgenic plants that expressed MerC, MerC-SYP121, or MerC-AtVAM3 appeared to be normal, whereas the transgenic that expressed MerC-SYP111 exhibited severe growth defects. The transgenic plants expressing merC-SYP121 were more resistant to cadmium than the wild type and accumulated significantly more cadmium. Thus, the expression of MerC-SYP121 in the plant plasma membrane may provide an ecologically compatible approach for the phytoremediation of cadmium pollution.
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