Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-2001
Publication Title
American Journal of Plant Physiology
Department
Department of Biological Sciences
Abstract
Uptake and translocation of cationic nutrients play essential roles in physiological processes including plant growth, nutrition, signal transduction, and development. Approximately 5% of the Arabidopsis genome appears to encode membrane transport proteins. These proteins are classified in 46 unique families containing approximately 880 members. In addition, several hundred putative transporters have not yet been assigned to families. In this paper, we have analyzed the phylogenetic relationships of over 150 cation transport proteins. This analysis has focused on cation transporter gene families for which initial characterizations have been achieved for individual members, including potassium transporters and channels, sodium transporters, calcium antiporters, cyclic nucleotide-gated channels, cation diffusion facilitator proteins, natural resistance-associated macrophage proteins (NRAMP), and Zn-regulated transporter Fe-regulated transporter-like proteins. Phylogenetic trees of each family define the evolutionary relationships of the members to each other. These families contain numerous members, indicating diverse functions in vivo. Closely related isoforms and separate subfamilies exist within many of these gene families, indicating possible redundancies and specialized functions. To facilitate their further study, the PlantsT database (http://plantst.sdsc.edu) has been created that includes alignments of the analyzed cation transporters and their chromosomal locations.
DOI
10.1104/pp.126.4.1646
Original Citation
Mäser P, Thomine S, Schroeder JI, Ward JM, Hirschi K, Sze H, Talke IN, Amtmann A, Maathuis FJ, Sanders D, Harper JF, Tchieu J, Gribskov M, Persans MW, Salt DE, Kim SA, Guerinot ML. Phylogenetic relationships within cation transporter families of Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 2001 Aug;126(4):1646-67. doi: 10.1104/pp.126.4.1646. PMID: 11500563; PMCID: PMC117164.
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Mäser, Pascal; Thomine, Sébastien; Schroeder, Julian I.; Ward, John M.; Hirschi, Kendal; Sze, Heven; Talke, Ina N.; Amtmann, Anna; Maathuis, Frans J.M.; Sanders, Dale; Harper, Jeff F.; Tchieu, Jason; Gribskov, Michael; Persans, Michael W.; Salt, David E.; Kim, Sun A.; and Guerinot, Mary Lou, "Phylogenetic Relationships within Cation Transporter Families of Arabidopsis" (2001). Dartmouth Scholarship. 3678.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/3678