HKT1 — Hordeum vulgare subsp. vulgare

Summary

HORVU.MOREX.R3.2HG0192270, designated HvHKT1 on chromosome 2H of domesticated barley, encodes a transmembrane cation transporter with sodium and potassium transporter activities, belonging to the TrkH/K-transport family. The gene is associated with salinity response, osmotic response, potassium ion homeostasis, and regulation of sodium transporter activity. Its product localises to the plasmalemma, Golgi membrane, ER membrane, and mitochondria. HvHKT1 is associated with sodium concentration, plant height, photosynthetic rate, and the SALTTL trait, as well as phenotypes including salt stress tolerance, sodium exclusion, potassium retention, seed germination under salt stress, and reproductive growth. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to salt tolerance, sodium homeostasis, and shoot sodium accumulation, as well as salt stress and ion homeostasis.

Annotations

Chromosome
2H
Related genes
HKT1
GO terms
homeostasis, sodium ion membrane transport, Golgi Membrane, potassium ion membrane transport, mitochondria, plasmalemma, sodium transport, Potassium Ion Homeostasis
Publications
27940414, 23539361, 35794394, 22238420, 29017432, 27380309, 25706745, 23298681
Traits
salt tolerance, seed production, salt stress tolerance, seed germination under salt stress, potassium retention, Salt and Potassium Stress Tolerant, Trichome Defects, Suppressor of Salt Sensitivity, Improved Growth Under Salt Stress, Trichome Defects, Suppressor of Salt Sensitivity, Trichome Absence