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| Entry URI | http://metadb.riken.jp/db/SciNetS_ria224i/cria224u4ria224u17521409i |
| Entry name | Lelandais-Brière Christine et al. 2007 Jul. Plant J. 51(2):154-64. |
| Title | Disruption of AtOCT1, an organic cation transporter gene, affects root development and carnitine-related responses in Arabidopsis. |
| Authors | Corre-Menguy Fabienne|Hartmann Caroline|Jovanovic Mariana|Lelandais-Brière Christine|Lemoine Rémi|Perrin Yolande|Torres Gisèle A M |
| Abstract | In animals, organic cation/carnitine transporters (OCTs) are involved in homeostasis and distribution of various small endogenous amines (e.g. carnitine, choline) and detoxification of xenobiotics such as nicotine. Here, we describe the characterization of AtOCT1, an Arabidopsis protein that shares most of the conserved features of mammalian plasma membrane OCTs. Transient expression of an AtOCT1::GFP fusion protein in onion epidermal cells and Arabidopsis protoplasts supported localization in the plasmalemma. AtOCT1 functionally complemented the Deltacit2/Deltaagp2p yeast strain that is defective in plasma membrane carnitine transport. Disruption of AtOCT1 in an Arabidopsis oct1-1 knockout mutant affected both the expression of carnitine-related genes and the developmental defects induced by exogenous carnitine. RT-PCR and promoter-uidA fusion analysis showed that AtOCT1 was expressed in vascular tissues of various organs and at sites of lateral root formation. Correlating with this expression pattern, oct1-1 seedlings grown in vitro exhibited a higher degree of root branching than the wild-type, showing that the disruption of AtOCT1 affected root development under certain conditions. |
| Pubmed ID | 17521409 |
| Journal | The Plant journal |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 154-64 |
| Publication date | 2007 Jul |
| Num of phenotype gene | 0 |