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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Aluminium-activated malate transporters can facilitate GABA transport |
Author: | Ramesh, S. Kamran, M. Sullivan, W. Chirkova, L. Okamoto, M. Degryse, F. McLauchlin, M. Gilliham, M. Tyerman, S. |
Citation: | The Plant Cell, 2018; 30(5):1147-1164 |
Publisher: | American Society of Plant Biologists |
Issue Date: | 2018 |
ISSN: | 1040-4651 1532-298X |
Statement of Responsibility: | Sunita A. Ramesh, Muhammad Kamran, Wendy Sullivan, Larissa Chirkova, Mamoru Okamoto, Fien Degryse, Michael McLaughlin, Matthew Gilliham, and Stephen D. Tyerman |
Abstract: | Plant aluminium-activated malate transporters (ALMTs) are currently classified as anion channels; they are also known to be regulated by diverse signals, leading to a range of physiological responses. Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) regulation of anion flux through ALMT proteins requires a specific amino acid motif in ALMTs that shares similarity with a GABA-binding site in mammalian GABAA receptors. Here, we explore why TaALMT1-activation leads to a negative correlation between malate efflux and endogenous GABA concentrations ([GABA]i) in both wheat (Titicum aestivum L) root tips and in heterologous expression systems. We show that TaALMT1 activation reduces [GABA]i because TaALMT1 facilitates GABA efflux but GABA does not complex Al³⁺. TaALMT1 also leads to GABA transport into cells, demonstrated by a yeast complementation assay and via ¹⁴CGABA uptake into TaALMT1-expressing Xenopus laevis oocytes; this was found to be a general feature of all ALMTs we examined. Mutation of the GABA 'motif' (TaALMT1F²¹³C) prevented both GABA influx and efflux, and resulted in no correlation between malate efflux and [GABA]i. We conclude that ALMTs are likely to act as both GABA and anion transporters in planta. GABA and malate appear to interact with ALMTs in a complex manner to regulate each other's transport, suggestive of a role for ALMTs in communicating metabolic status. |
Keywords: | Triticum Aluminum gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Malates Plant Proteins Ion Transport Biological Transport |
Description: | Published April 4, 2018 |
Rights: | © 2018 ASPB. OPEN |
DOI: | 10.1105/tpc.17.00864 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/CE140100008 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/IH130200027 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP130104205 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT130100709 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00864 |
Appears in Collections: | Agriculture, Food and Wine publications Aurora harvest 3 |
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