The vacuolar Ca2+-activated channel TPC1 regulates germination and stomatal movement

Edgar Peiter, Frans J. M. Maathuis, Lewis N. Mills, Heather Knight, Jérôme Pelloux, Alistair M. Hetherington and Dale Sanders ()
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Edgar Peiter: University of York
Frans J. M. Maathuis: University of York
Lewis N. Mills: University of Lancaster
Heather Knight: University of Oxford
Jérôme Pelloux: University of York
Alistair M. Hetherington: University of Lancaster
Dale Sanders: University of York

Nature, 2005, vol. 434, issue 7031, 404-408

Abstract: Abstract Cytosolic free calcium ([Ca2+]cyt) is a ubiquitous signalling component in plant cells1. Numerous stimuli trigger sustained or transient elevations of [Ca2+]cyt that evoke downstream stimulus-specific responses. Generation of [Ca2+]cyt signals is effected through stimulus-induced opening of Ca2+-permeable ion channels that catalyse a flux of Ca2+ into the cytosol from extracellular or intracellular stores. Many classes of Ca2+ current have been characterized electrophysiologically in plant membranes2. However, the identity of the ion channels that underlie these currents has until now remained obscure. Here we show that the TPC1 (‘two-pore channel 1’) gene of Arabidopsis thaliana encodes a class of Ca2+-dependent Ca2+-release channel that is known from numerous electrophysiological studies as the slow vacuolar channel3,4,5. Slow vacuolar channels are ubiquitous in plant vacuoles, where they form the dominant conductance at micromolar [Ca2+]cyt. We show that a tpc1 knockout mutant lacks functional slow vacuolar channel activity and is defective in both abscisic acid-induced repression of germination and in the response of stomata to extracellular calcium. These studies unequivocally demonstrate a critical role of intracellular Ca2+-release channels in the physiological processes of plants.

Date: 2005
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