ArticlePlant signaling & behavior2016
The AKT2 potassium channel mediates NaCl induced depolarization in the root of Arabidopsis thaliana.
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- Genome-wide identification of potassium transporters and channels in Malus domestica genome.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Coconut genome assembly enables evolutionary analysis of palms and highlights signaling pathways involved in salt tolerance.Communications biology · 2021Article
- The receptor-like pseudokinase MRH1 interacts with the voltage-gated potassium channel AKT2.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Osmotic and Salt Stresses Modulate Spontaneous and Glutamate-Induced Action Potentials and Distinguish between Growth and Circumnutation inFrontiers in plant science · 2017Article
- In-Depth Genomic and Transcriptomic Analysis of Five KFrontiers in plant science · 2017Article
- The Integration of Electrical Signals Originating in the Root of Vascular Plants.Frontiers in plant science · 2017Article
- Comparison between Arabidopsis and Rice for Main Pathways of K(+) and Na(+) Uptake by Roots.Frontiers in plant science · 2016Review
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Abstract
Soil salinization is a major cause of plant stress, partly due to the physicochemical similarities between Na(+) and K(+). Na(+) ions compete with K(+) ions for their transport into root cells. However, the point of Na(+) entry remains unidentified. Here, I have applied the Electrical Penetration Graph as a method for whole plant electrophysiology in order to test if (a) root exposure to NaCl induces depolarization waves that propagate from root to shoot via the phloem, and if (b) the electrophysiological effects of root exposure to NaCl require expression of the potassium channels AKT1 and/or AKT2. The data suggest that AKT2 subunit containing K(+) channels mediate NaCl-induced depolarization of root cells, and that this depolarization does not propagate to leaves via the phloem.
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