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Article Dans Une Revue Plant, Cell and Environment Année : 2003

Functional characterization and expression analysis of a glutathione transporter, BjGT1, from Brassica juncea : evidence for regulation by heavy metal exposure

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Glutathione and its derivatives play an important role in the tolerance of plants against heavy metals. A glutathione transporter, BjGT1 (AJ561120), was cloned and functionally characterized from Brassica juncea, a plant which may be used for phytoremediation. The full-length BjGT1 cDNA showed homology with the high affinity glutathione transporter HGT1 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae and shares 92% identity with a putative glutathione transporter from A. thaliana (At4g16370). When expressed in the S. cerevisiae hgt1 D strain, BjGT1 complemented the mutant on medium with glutathione as the only sulphur source and mediated the uptake of [3H]GSH. Immunoblot analysis with a peptide-specific antiserum directed against a Cterminal sequence revealed high BjGT1 expression in leaf tissue and relatively low expression in stem tissue, whereas BjGT1 protein was not detectable in root tissue. The amounts of BjGT1 mRNA and protein were analysed during a 6 d exposure of B. juncea to 25 mM Cd(NO3)2.BjGT1 mRNA was strongly induced by cadmium in stems and leaves. Unexpectedly, the amount of BjGT1 protein in leaves showed a ronounced decrease with a minimum after 96 h of Cd exposure, followed by partial recovery. The strong regulation of BjGT1 by cadmium suggests a role of this glutathione transporter during heavy metal exposure.
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hal-00096580 , version 1 (19-09-2006)

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Jochen Bogs, Andrée Bourbouloux, Olivier Cagnac, A. Wachter, Serge Delrot, et al.. Functional characterization and expression analysis of a glutathione transporter, BjGT1, from Brassica juncea : evidence for regulation by heavy metal exposure. Plant, Cell and Environment, 2003, 26, pp.1703-1711. ⟨10.1046/j.1365-3040.2003.01088.x⟩. ⟨hal-00096580⟩

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