The Role of the VTI13 Endosomal Pathway in Arabidopsis Abiotic Stress Response
Conference Year
2023
Abstract
VTI13 is a SNARE that localizes to early endosomes and the vacuole membrane and has been shown to be important for polarized growth in plants as demonstrated by the short root hair phenotype of the vti13 mutant (Larson et al., 2014). Proteomic analysis of the VTI13 endosome implicated a connection between the VTI13 pathway and root growth in response to abiotic stress. Preliminary results indicate that vti13 root hair growth is altered in response to NaCl. We are analyzing if the VTI13 pathway is sensitive to other abiotic stresses that control root growth in plants.
Primary Faculty Mentor Name
Mary Tierney
Graduate Student Mentors
Suryatapa Ghosh Jha
Status
Graduate
Student College
Larner College of Medicine
Second Student College
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Program/Major
Plant Biology
Primary Research Category
Life Sciences
The Role of the VTI13 Endosomal Pathway in Arabidopsis Abiotic Stress Response
VTI13 is a SNARE that localizes to early endosomes and the vacuole membrane and has been shown to be important for polarized growth in plants as demonstrated by the short root hair phenotype of the vti13 mutant (Larson et al., 2014). Proteomic analysis of the VTI13 endosome implicated a connection between the VTI13 pathway and root growth in response to abiotic stress. Preliminary results indicate that vti13 root hair growth is altered in response to NaCl. We are analyzing if the VTI13 pathway is sensitive to other abiotic stresses that control root growth in plants.