Abstract
ABSTRACT The Arabidopsis nitrate transceptor NITRATE TRANSPORTER 1.1 (NRT1.1/NPF6.3/CHL1) plays significant roles even in the absence of nitrate. The loss-of-function of NRT1.1 alleviates growth suppression and chlorosis under toxic levels of ammonium as the sole nitrogen source. Recently, we reported that acidic stress-inducible genes are downregulated by NRT1.1 deficiency under ammonium toxicity conditions, implying that NRT1.1 may exacerbate ammonium-dependent acidic stress. The transcription factor SENSITIVE TO PROTON RHIZOTOXICITY 1 (STOP1) enhances Arabidopsis tolerance to ammonium and acidic stresses. Furthermore, STOP1 directly activates NRT1.1 transcription. These previous findings prompted us to analyze the association between NRT1.1 and STOP1 on ammonium tolerance. Here, we show that ammonium-inducible STOP1 plays a dominant role over NRT1.1 in ammonium tolerance and expression of direct target genes of STOP1. We present a novel scheme in which NRT1.1 and STOP1 jointly regulate common target(s) associated with ammonium tolerance.
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