HKT1 — Medicago truncatula
Summary
MTR_6G092840 (MtHKT1) on barrel medic chromosome 6 encodes a transmembrane cation transporter with sodium and potassium transporter activity, belonging to the TrkH/K_transport family. The gene is associated with sodium and potassium ion membrane transport, potassium ion homeostasis, and responses to salt, salinity, and osmotic stress. MtHKT1 is associated with salt tolerance, sodium ion accumulation and exclusion, leaf sodium accumulation, potassium retention, seed production, seed germination under salt stress, lateral root development, photosynthetic rate, and chlorophyll content. The encoded protein localises to the plasmalemma, Golgi membrane, ER membrane, and mitochondria. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to sodium transport, recirculation, homeostasis, potassium uptake, and fertility.
Annotations
- Chromosome
- 6
- Related genes
- HKT1
- GO terms
- homeostasis, response to thirst, potassium transporter activity, Potassium Ion Transport, ER membrane, transmembrane cation transporter activity, Golgi Membrane, Potassium Ion Homeostasis
- Publications
- 27940414, 23539361, 35794394, 11553756, 22238420, 29017432, 27380309, 25706745
- 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