Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Conserved and Diversified Gene Families of Monovalent Cation/H+ Antiporters from Algae to Flowering Plants

Journal Article · · Frontiers in Plant Science
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [2];  [2];  [2]
  1. Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States). Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station. Dept. of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics; DOE/OSTI
  2. Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States). Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station. Dept. of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
  3. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Granada (Spain). Estación Experimental del Zaidín. Biología Celular y Molecular de Plantas. Departmento de Bioquímica
All organisms have evolved strategies to regulate ion and pH homeostasis in response to developmental and environmental cues. One strategy is mediated by monovalent cation– proton antiporters (CPA) that are classified in two superfamilies. Many CPA1 genes from bacteria, fungi, metazoa, and plants have been functionally characterized; though roles of plant CPA2 genes encoding K+-efflux antiporter (KEA) and cation/H+ exchanger (CHX) families are largely unknown. Phylogenetic analysis showed that three clades of the CPA1 Na+–H+ exchanger (NHX) family have been conserved from single-celled algae to Arabidopsis. These are (i) plasma membrane-bound SOS1/AtNHX7 that share ancestry with prokaryote NhaP, (ii) endosomal AtNHX5/6 that is part of the eukaryote Intracellular-NHE clade, and (iii) a vacuolar NHX clade (AtNHX1–4) specific to plants. Early diversification of KEA genes possibly from an ancestral cyanobacterium gene is suggested by three types seen in all plants. Intriguingly, CHX genes diversified from three to four members in one subclade of early land plants to 28 genes in eight subclades of Arabidopsis. Homologs from Spirogyra or Physcomitrella share high similarity with AtCHX20, suggesting that guard cellspecific AtCHX20 and its closest relatives are founders of the family, and pollen-expressed CHX genes appeared later in monocots and early eudicots. AtCHX proteins mediate K+ transport and pH homeostasis, and have been localized to intracellular and plasma membrane.Thus KEA genes are conserved from green algae to angiosperms, and their presence in red algae and secondary endosymbionts suggest a role in plastids. In contrast, AtNHX1– 4 subtype evolved in plant cells to handle ion homeostasis of vacuoles. The great diversity of CHX genes in land plants compared to metazoa, fungi, or algae would imply a significant role of ion and pH homeostasis at dynamic endomembranes in the vegetative and reproductive success of flowering plants.
Research Organization:
Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER). Earth and Environmental Systems Science Division
Grant/Contract Number:
FG02-07ER15883
OSTI ID:
1628221
Journal Information:
Frontiers in Plant Science, Journal Name: Frontiers in Plant Science Vol. 3; ISSN 1664-462X
Publisher:
Frontiers Research FoundationCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (68)

Arabidopsis thaliana CHX17 gene complements thekha1 deletion phenotypes inSaccharomyces cerevisiae journal January 2006
Tubular-Vesicular Transformation in the Contractile Vacuole System of Dictyostelium journal October 2002
Genome-wide identification, structural analysis and expression profiles of GRAS gene family in orchardgrass journal February 2020
Characterization of the ion transport activity of the budding yeast Na+/H+ antiporter, Nha1p, using isolated secretory vesicles journal July 2005
Production of a reporter transgenic pig for monitoring Cre recombinase activity journal May 2009
The enlightening encounter between structure and function in the NhaA Na+–H+ antiporter journal September 2008
Overproduction and purification of a functional Na+/H+ antiporter coded by nhaA (ant) from Escherichia coli journal June 1991
Functional expression of the Enterococcus hirae NaH-antiporter in Escherichia coli. journal December 1993
A Mechanism of Regulating Transmembrane Potassium Flux through a Ligand-Mediated Conformational Switch journal June 2002
Structure that Opens the Gate and Opens the Door journal March 2001
The highly reduced genome of an enslaved algal nucleus journal April 2001
Regulation of dynamic polarity switching in bacteria by a Ras-like G-protein and its cognate GAP journal June 2010
Structure of the archaeal Na+/H+antiporter NhaP1 and functional role of transmembrane helix 1 journal December 2010
Structure of a Na+/H+ antiporter and insights into mechanism of action and regulation by pH journal June 2005
Potassium channel structures journal February 2002
pH-induced structural change in a sodium/proton antiporter from Methanococcus jannaschii journal July 2005
Protection of the DNA during the exposure of Escherichia coli cells to a toxic metabolite: the role of the KefB and KefC potassium channels journal January 2000
Functional study of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Nha1p C-terminus journal December 2001
Vacuolar cation/H + exchange, ion homeostasis, and leaf development are altered in a T-DNA insertional mutant of AtNHX1 , the Arabidopsis vacuolar Na + /H + antiporter journal October 2003
The plasma membrane Na + /H + antiporter SOS1 interacts with RCD1 and functions in oxidative stress tolerance in Arabidopsis journal December 2006
JARID1B is a histone H3 lysine 4 demethylase up-regulated in prostate cancer journal November 2007
Three two-component transporters with channel-like properties have monovalent cation/proton antiport activity journal August 2007
Mechanism of ligand-gated potassium efflux in bacterial pathogens journal November 2010
Activation of the plasma membrane Na/H antiporter Salt-Overly-Sensitive 1 (SOS1) by phosphorylation of an auto-inhibitory C-terminal domain journal January 2011
Regulation of SOS1, a plasma membrane Na+/H+ exchanger in Arabidopsis thaliana, by SOS2 and SOS3 journal May 2002
Reconstitution in yeast of the Arabidopsis SOS signaling pathway for Na+ homeostasis journal June 2002
Topological analysis of a plant vacuolar Na+/H+ antiporter reveals a luminal C terminus that regulates antiporter cation selectivity journal October 2003
Antisense imaging of gene expression in the brain in vivo journal December 2000
The Arabidopsis thaliana proton transporters, AtNhx1 and Avp1, can function in cation detoxification in yeast journal February 1999
Identification and Characterization of the Na+/H+ Antiporter NhaS3 from the Thylakoid Membrane of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 journal June 2009
Plant-Specific Cation/H + Exchanger 17 and Its Homologs Are Endomembrane K + Transporters with Roles in Protein Sorting journal July 2011
A Novel Intracellular K + /H + Antiporter Related to Na + /H + Antiporters Is Important for K + Ion Homeostasis in Plants journal April 2003
Phylogeny as a guide to structure and function of membrane transport proteins (Review) journal January 2004
Isolation and characterization of a new Na+/H+antiporter geneOsNHA1from rice (Oryza sativaL.) journal January 2006
The Sodium/Proton Exchanger Nhx1p Is Required for Endosomal Protein Trafficking in the YeastSaccharomyces cerevisiae journal December 2000
The Yeast Endosomal Na + (K + )/H + Exchanger Nhx1 Regulates Cellular pH to Control Vesicle Trafficking journal March 2005
The rapid generation of mutation data matrices from protein sequences journal January 1992
Clustal W and Clustal X version 2.0 journal September 2007
Protein dynamics and proteolysis in plant vacuoles journal June 2007
Intracellular consequences of SOS1 deficiency during salt stress journal January 2010
Large-Scale Phylogenomic Analyses Indicate a Deep Origin of Primary Plastids within Cyanobacteria journal June 2011
Local homology recognition and distance measures in linear time using compressed amino acid alphabets journal January 2004
Characterization of a Novel Na+/H+ Antiporter Gene InNHX2 and Comparison of InNHX2 with InNHX1, Which is Responsible for Blue Flower Coloration by Increasing the Vacuolar pH in the Japanese Morning Glory journal February 2005
Rice Expression Atlas In Reproductive Development journal November 2010
Na+/H+ Exchange Activity in the Plasma Membrane of Arabidopsis journal June 2003
Genome-Wide Identification of Arabidopsis Coiled-Coil Proteins and Establishment of the ARABI-COIL Database journal March 2004
Participation of Endomembrane Cation/H + Exchanger AtCHX20 in Osmoregulation of Guard Cells journal March 2007
Phylogenetic Relationships within Cation Transporter Families of Arabidopsis journal August 2001
The Putative Plasma Membrane Na + /H + Antiporter SOS1 Controls Long-Distance Na + Transport in Plants journal February 2002
A Small Zinc Finger Thylakoid Protein Plays a Role in Maintenance of Photosystem II in Arabidopsis thaliana journal May 2011
The Arabidopsis Na + /H + Antiporters NHX1 and NHX2 Control Vacuolar pH and K + Homeostasis to Regulate Growth, Flower Development, and Reproduction journal September 2011
SOS1, a Genetic Locus Essential for Salt Tolerance and Potassium Acquisition. journal April 1996
The plasma membrane Na+/H+antiporter SOS1 is essential for salt tolerance in tomato and affects the partitioning of Na+between plant organs journal July 2009
AtNHX3 is a vacuolar K+/H+ antiporter required for low-potassium tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana journal June 2010
The AtNHX1 exchanger mediates potassium compartmentation in vacuoles of transgenic tomato journal February 2010
The New Higher Level Classification of Eukaryotes with Emphasis on the Taxonomy of Protists journal October 2005
Complete Genome Sequence of the Apicomplexan, Cryptosporidium parvum journal April 2004
Phytophthora Genome Sequences Uncover Evolutionary Origins and Mechanisms of Pathogenesis journal September 2006
Mechanism of Na+/H+ Antiporting journal August 2007
Salt Tolerance Conferred by Overexpression of a Vacuolar Na+/H+ Antiport in Arabidopsis journal August 1999
Loss of the Homotypic Fusion and Vacuole Protein Sorting or Golgi-Associated Retrograde Protein Vesicle Tethering Complexes Results in Gentamicin Sensitivity in the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae journal February 2006
The Bacillus cereus GerN and GerT Protein Homologs Have Distinct Roles in Spore Germination and Outgrowth, Respectively journal September 2008
GerN, an Endospore Germination Protein ofBacillus cereus, Is an Na+/H+-K+ Antiporter journal October 2001
Gliding Motility Revisited: How Do the Myxobacteria Move without Flagella? journal May 2010
Evolutionary origins of eukaryotic sodium/proton exchangers journal February 2005
Sorting Signals, N-Terminal Modifications and Abundance of the Chloroplast Proteome journal April 2008
Broad Phylogenomic Sampling and the Sister Lineage of Land Plants journal January 2012
Diversity and evolutionary history of plastids and their hosts journal October 2004

Cited By (44)

Function and evolution of channels and transporters in photosynthetic membranes journal July 2013
Ion and metabolite transport in the chloroplast of algae: lessons from land plants journal March 2018
Ion antiport accelerates photosynthetic acclimation in fluctuating light environments journal November 2014
Transporters involved in pH and K+ homeostasis affect pollen wall formation, male fertility, and embryo development journal February 2017
Molecular basis of salt tolerance in Physcomitrella Patens model plant: potassium homeostasis and physiological roles of chx transporters dissertation January 2013
Phylogenetic Analysis of K+ Transporters in Bryophytes, Lycophytes, and Flowering Plants Indicates a Specialization of Vascular Plants journal January 2012
Identification and characterization of orthologs of AtNHX5 and AtNHX6 in Brassica napus journal January 2012
The role of K+ channels in uptake and redistribution of potassium in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana journal January 2013
Linking the evolution of plant transporters to their functions journal January 2014
Proton Gradients and Proton-Dependent Transport Processes in the Chloroplast journal February 2016
GmSALT3, Which Confers Improved Soybean Salt Tolerance in the Field, Increases Leaf Cl- Exclusion Prior to Na+ Exclusion But Does Not Improve Early Vigor under Salinity journal September 2016
Overexpression of a Plasma Membrane Bound Na+/H+ Antiporter-Like Protein (SbNHXLP) Confers Salt Tolerance and Improves Fruit Yield in Tomato by Maintaining Ion Homeostasis journal January 2017
Enhanced Growth Performance and Salinity Tolerance in Transgenic Switchgrass via Overexpressing Vacuolar Na+ (K+)/H+ Antiporter Gene (PvNHX1) journal April 2017
In-Depth Genomic and Transcriptomic Analysis of Five K+ Transporter Gene Families in Soybean Confirm Their Differential Expression for Nodulation journal May 2017
Bread Wheat With High Salinity and Sodicity Tolerance journal October 2019
Grapevine Potassium Nutrition and Fruit Quality in the Context of Climate Change journal February 2020
Coordinated Transport of Nitrate, Potassium, and Sodium journal March 2020
Adaptive Mechanisms of Soybean Grown on Salt-Affected Soils: Salt Adaptation in Soybean journal July 2017
Albino midrib 1, encoding a putative potassium efflux antiporter, affects chloroplast development and drought tolerance in rice journal June 2014
Genome Wide Identification, Molecular Characterization, and Gene Expression Analyses of Grapevine NHX Antiporters Suggest Their Involvement in Growth, Ripening, Seed Dormancy, and Stress Response journal July 2019
The topology of plastid inner envelope potassium cation efflux antiporter KEA1 provides new insights into its regulatory features journal December 2019
Subfunctionalization of cation/proton antiporter 1 genes in grapevine in response to salt stress in different organs journal July 2015
Identification of a novel salt tolerance gene in wild soybean by whole-genome sequencing journal July 2014
Broad phylogenetic analysis of cation/proton antiporters reveals transport determinants journal October 2018
Evidence for potassium transport activity of Arabidopsis KEA1-KEA6 journal July 2019
Plastidial transporters KEA1, -2, and -3 are essential for chloroplast osmoregulation, integrity, and pH regulation in Arabidopsis journal May 2014
Plant endosomal NHX antiporters: Activity and function journal May 2016
Distinct Roles for SOS1 in the Convergent Evolution of Salt Tolerance in Eutrema salsugineum and Schrenkiella parvula journal May 2014
The Potassium Transporters HAK2 and HAK3 Localize to Endomembranes in Physcomitrella patens. HAK2 is Required in Some Stress Conditions journal July 2013
Two Endosomal NHX-Type Na+/H+ Antiporters are Involved in Auxin-Mediated Development in Arabidopsis thaliana journal May 2018
ABA control of plant macroelement membrane transport systems in response to water deficit and high salinity journal November 2013
Biochemical pH clamp: the forgotten resource in membrane bioenergetics journal August 2019
Increased salt tolerance with overexpression of cation/proton antiporter 1 genes: a meta-analysis journal September 2016
Two NHX-type transporters from Helianthus tuberosus improve the tolerance of rice to salinity and nutrient deficiency stress journal September 2017
Na + ,K + /H + antiporters regulate the pH of endoplasmic reticulum and auxin-mediated development: NHX antiporters and auxin homeostasis journal February 2018
Golgi-localized cation/proton exchangers regulate ionic homeostasis and skotomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis: Golgi-Localized KEAs Regulate Ionic Homeostasis journal November 2018
Potato transformation with the HvNHX3 gene and the improvement of transformant salt tolerance journal October 2014
Seed size evolution and biogeography of Plukenetia (Euphorbiaceae), a pantropical genus with traditionally cultivated oilseed species journal January 2019
OsNHX5-mediated pH homeostasis is required for post-Golgi trafficking of seed storage proteins in rice endosperm cells journal July 2019
NHX-type Na + (K + )/H + antiporters are required for TGN/EE trafficking and endosomal ion homeostasis in Arabidopsis thaliana journal March 2019
A Novel AtKEA Gene Family, Homolog of Bacterial K+/H+ Antiporters, Plays Potential Roles in K+ Homeostasis and Osmotic Adjustment in Arabidopsis journal November 2013
AtNHX5 and AtNHX6 Control Cellular K+ and pH Homeostasis in Arabidopsis: Three Conserved Acidic Residues Are Essential for K+ Transport journal December 2015
Genome-Wide Identification and Analysis of Arabidopsis Sodium Proton Antiporter (NHX) and Human Sodium Proton Exchanger (NHE) Homologs in Sorghum bicolor journal May 2018
New Insights into the Structure-Function Relationship of the Endosomal-Type Na+, K+/H+ Antiporter NHX6 from Mulberry (Morus notabilis) journal January 2020

Similar Records

Endomembrane Cation Transporters and Membrane Trafficking
Technical Report · Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · OSTI ID:1351059

Comparative analysis of cation/proton antiporter superfamily in plants
Journal Article · Mon Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 2012 · Gene · OSTI ID:1090520

Knock-out of Arabidopsis AtNHX4 gene enhances tolerance to salt stress
Journal Article · Fri May 08 00:00:00 EDT 2009 · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · OSTI ID:22199684