Mutations in CAX1 produce phenotypes characteristic of plants tolerant to serpentine soils |
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Authors: | Bradshaw H D |
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Institution: | Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. toby@u.washington.edu |
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Abstract: | Plant tolerance of serpentine soils is potentially an excellent model for studying the genetics of adaptive variation in natural populations. A large-scale viability screen of Arabidopsis thaliana mutants on a defined nutrient solution with a low Ca(2+) : Mg(2+) ratio (1 : 24 mol : mol), typical of serpentine soils, yielded survivors with null alleles of the tonoplast calcium-proton antiporter CAX1. cax1 mutants have most of the phenotypes associated with tolerance to serpentine soils, including survival in solutions with a low Ca(2+) : Mg(2+) ratio; requirement for a high concentration of Mg(2+) for maximum growth; reduced leaf tissue concentration of Mg(2+); and poor growth performance on 'normal' levels of Ca(2+) and Mg(2+). A physiological model is proposed to explain how loss-of-function cax1 mutations could produce all these phenotypes characteristic of plants adapted to serpentine soils, why 'normal' plants are unable to survive on serpentine soil, and why serpentine-adapted plants are unable to compete on 'normal' soils. |
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Keywords: | adaptation Arabidopsis thaliana calcium homeostasis CAX1 edaphic magnesium homeostasis mineral nutrition serpentine soil |
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