PCS1 cDNA ORF clone, Arabidopsis thaliana(thale cress)

Sequence and analysis of chromosome 5 of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana.
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The heterologous expression of AtPCS1 in tobacco plants exposed to arsenic plus cadmium enhances phytochelatin levels, root As/Cd accumulation and pollutants detoxification, but does not prevent root cyto-histological damages.
Title: Overexpression of AtPCS1 in tobacco increases arsenic and arsenic plus cadmium accumulation and detoxification.

Cadmium and phytochelatin levels were determined in protoplasts and vacuoles isolated from leaves of Nicotiana tabacum expressing either of two phytochelatin synthase genes, AtPCS1 and CePCS.
Title: The role of subcellular distribution of cadmium and phytochelatins in the generation of distinct phenotypes of AtPCS1- and CePCS3-expressing tobacco.

contributes specifically to the cytosolic turnover of glutathione conjugates
Title: Cytosolic action of phytochelatin synthase.

increase in arsenic tolerance in transformed tobacco plants
Title: Arsenic response of AtPCS1- and CePCS-expressing plants - effects of external As(V) concentration on As-accumulation pattern and NPT metabolism.

Phytochelatin synthase is regulated by protein phosphorylation at a threonine residue near its catalytic site.
Title: Phytochelatin synthase is regulated by protein phosphorylation at a threonine residue near its catalytic site.