Salt articles within Nature Communications

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• Article
  20 May 2024 | Open Access

  SOS1 tonoplast neo-localization and the RGG protein SALTY are important in the extreme salinity tolerance of Salicornia bigelovii

  The authors show that in the halophyte Salicornia the sodium transporter SOS1 localizes to the tonoplast, likely storing sodium in the vacuole. The intrinsically disordered protein SALTY, increases yeast salt tolerance possibly stabilizing ribosomes in the ER.

  • Octavio R. Salazar
  • , Ke Chen
  •  & Sandra M. Schmöckel

• Article
  07 March 2024 | Open Access

  A root cap-localized NAC transcription factor controls root halotropic response to salt stress in Arabidopsis

  This study reports that the SOMBRERO, a root cap-localized transcription factor, determines root halotropic response to salt stress via spatiotemporally modulating AUX1-depdenent auxin redistribution in the root tip.

  • Lulu Zheng
  • , Yongfeng Hu
  •  & Yi Han

• Article
  26 July 2023 | Open Access

  Architecture and autoinhibitory mechanism of the plasma membrane Na⁺/H⁺ antiporter SOS1 in Arabidopsis

  SOS1 is a unique electroneutral Na⁺ /H⁺ antiporter at the plasma membrane of higher plants and plays a central role in resisting salt stress. Here, the authors report the structures of SOS1 in occluded state, identify the key autoinhibitory elements, and elucidate their molecular mechanism.

  • Yuhang Wang
  • , Chengcai Pan
  •  & Yan Zhao

• Article
  15 June 2023 | Open Access

  Genome-wide association studies identify OsWRKY53 as a key regulator of salt tolerance in rice

  Only a few genetic variants have been identified to mediate salt tolerance in major crops and their molecular mechanisms are largely unknown. Here, the authors identify WRKY53 as a negative regulator of salt tolerance in rice, and show that it directly trans-regulates expression of MKK10.2 and HKT1;5 to meditate salt tolerance.

  • Jun Yu
  • , Chengsong Zhu
  •  & Jianmin Wan

• Article
  25 April 2022 | Open Access

  A dirigent family protein confers variation of Casparian strip thickness and salt tolerance in maize

  Most crops are farmed under high transpiring environments, but our understanding of transpiration-dependent salt tolerance (TDST) remains limited. Here, the authors report a dirigent family protein is responsible for TDST by affecting lignin deposition at Casparian strip barrier and transportation of Na⁺ across the endodermis.

  • Yanyan Wang
  • , Yibo Cao
  •  & Caifu Jiang

• Article
  10 January 2020 | Open Access

  Natural variation of an EF-hand Ca²⁺-binding-protein coding gene confers saline-alkaline tolerance in maize

  Saline-alkaline stress affects worldwide crops production, but the tolerance mechanisms have not been fully elucidated. Here, the authors show that EF-hand Ca2 + -binding-protein coding gene ZmNSA1 can regulate root H + efflux, Na + homeostasis, and saline-alkaline tolerance in maize.

  • Yibo Cao
  • , Ming Zhang
  •  & Caifu Jiang

• Article
  20 February 2019 | Open Access

  The companion of cellulose synthase 1 confers salt tolerance through a Tau-like mechanism in plants

  The Arabidopsis CC1 protein maintains microtubule array stability and cellulose synthesis during salt stress. Here the authors show that CC1 engages microtubules via an intrinsically disordered N-terminus that suggests it controls microtubule dynamics in a similar way to the mammalian Tau protein.

  • Christopher Kesten
  • , Arndt Wallmann
  •  & Staffan Persson

• Article
  17 November 2016 | Open Access

  Salinity tolerance loci revealed in rice using high-throughput non-invasive phenotyping

  Image-based plant phenotyping can be used to collect data with high temporal and spatial resolution. Here, the authors develop a computationally efficient method using smoothing splines and a new marker-by-trait association model to identify loci in a diverse rice population associated with early response to salinity.

  • Nadia Al-Tamimi
  • , Chris Brien
  •  & Sónia Negrão

• Article
  09 July 2014 | Open Access

  Identification of a novel salt tolerance gene in wild soybean by whole-genome sequencing

  The identification of genes that control economically important traits is an essential step towards crop improvement. Here the authors sequence the genome of the wild soybean and, through a combined genetic and functional approach, identify a new gene affecting salt tolerance in soybean.

  • Xinpeng Qi
  • , Man-Wah Li
  •  & Hon-Ming Lam

• Article | 21 November 2013

  Genomic insights into salt adaptation in a desert poplar

  Little is known about the genes that confer salt tolerance in trees. Here, Ma et al. report the genome sequence of the desert poplar, Populus euphratica, and provide insight into the genetic architecture and adaptation of this salt tolerant desert poplar.

  • Tao Ma
  • , Junyi Wang
  •  & Jianquan Liu

• Article | 15 January 2013

  Release of SOS2 kinase from sequestration with GIGANTEA determines salt tolerance in Arabidopsis

  The flowering time and clock-related protein GIGANTEA has been broadly implicated in the development and physiology of plants. Kim and colleagues studyArabidopsisand find that GIGANTEA modulates salt stress via the release of the protein kinase SOS2, which is required for salt tolerance.

  • Woe-Yeon Kim
  • , Zahir Ali
  •  & Dae-Jin Yun