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Plant and Cell Physiology 2005 © The Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists (JSPP); all rights reserved.
Received October 4, 2005
Accepted October 18, 2005

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"Molecular Cloning, Functional Expression and Subcellular Localization of Two Putative Vacuolar Voltage-Gated Chloride Channel in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)"

Atsuko Nakamura 1*, Atsunori Fukuda 2, Shingo Sakai 3, and Yoshiyuki Tanaka 2

1 Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan; National Institute of Agrobiological. Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
2 National Institute of Agrobiological. Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
3 Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Atsuko Nakamura, E-mail: anakamur{at}nias.affrc.go.jp


  Abstract

We isolated two cDNA clones (OsCLC-1 and OsCLC-2) homologous to tobacco CLC-Nt1, which encodes a voltage-gated chloride channel, from rice (Oryza sativa L. ssp. japonica, cv. Nipponbare). The deduced amino acid sequences were highly conserved (87.9% identity with each other). Southern blot analysis of the rice genomic DNA revealed that OsCLC-1 and OsCLC-2 were single-copy genes on chromosomes 4 and 2, respectively. OsCLC-1 was expressed in most tissues, whereas OsCLC-2 was expressed only in the roots, nodes, internodes, and leaf sheaths. The level of expression of OsCLC-1, but not of OsCLC-2, was increased by treatment with NaCl. Both genes could partly substitute for GEF1, which encodes the sole chloride channel in yeast, by restoring growth under ionic stress. These results indicate that both genes are chloride channel genes. The proteins from both genes were immunochemically detected in the tonoplast fraction. Tagged synthetic green fluorescent protein, which was fused to OsCLC-1 or OsCLC-2 localized in the vacuolar membranes. These results indicate that the proteins may play a role in the transport of chloride ions across the vacuolar membrane. We isolated loss-of-function mutants of both genes from a panel of rice mutants produced by the insertion of a retrotransposon, Tos17, in the exon region, and found inhibition in growth at all life stages.

Keywords: Rice; Chloride channel; Salt stress; Vacuole; ion homeostasis.
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