TY - JOUR
T1 - HKT transporters mediate salt stress resistance in plants
T2 - From structure and function to the field
AU - Hamamoto, Shin
AU - Horie, Tomoaki
AU - Hauser, Felix
AU - Deinlein, Ulrich
AU - Schroeder, Julian I.
AU - Uozumi, Nobuyuki
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 24580135 , 26102711 to S.H., and 24246045 , 24658090 , 25292055 to N.U., and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan 25119709 to T.H. Research in J.I.S.’ laboratory on HKT transporters was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, Division of Chemical, Geo, and Biosciences, Office of Basic Energy Sciences by Award Number DE-FG02-03ER15449 and by a DAAD Fellowship to U.D.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2015/4/1
Y1 - 2015/4/1
N2 - Plant cells are sensitive to salinity stress and do not require sodium as an essential element for their growth and development. Saline soils reduce crop yields and limit available land. Research shows that HKT transporters provide a potent mechanism for mediating salt tolerance in plants. Knowledge of the molecular ion transport and regulation mechanisms and the control of HKT gene expression are crucial for understanding the mechanisms by which HKT transporters enhance crop performance under salinity stress. This review focuses on HKT transporters in monocot plants and in Arabidopsis as a dicot plant, as a guide to efforts toward improving salt tolerance of plants for increasing the production of crops and bioenergy feedstocks.
AB - Plant cells are sensitive to salinity stress and do not require sodium as an essential element for their growth and development. Saline soils reduce crop yields and limit available land. Research shows that HKT transporters provide a potent mechanism for mediating salt tolerance in plants. Knowledge of the molecular ion transport and regulation mechanisms and the control of HKT gene expression are crucial for understanding the mechanisms by which HKT transporters enhance crop performance under salinity stress. This review focuses on HKT transporters in monocot plants and in Arabidopsis as a dicot plant, as a guide to efforts toward improving salt tolerance of plants for increasing the production of crops and bioenergy feedstocks.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.copbio.2014.11.025
DO - 10.1016/j.copbio.2014.11.025
M3 - Review article
C2 - 25528276
AN - SCOPUS:84918782886
SN - 0958-1669
VL - 32
SP - 113
EP - 120
JO - Current Opinion in Biotechnology
JF - Current Opinion in Biotechnology
ER -