Composition for phytochelatin transport

Abstract

A composition for transportation of phytochelatin including two DNA molecule encoding two members of ABCC (multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP)) subfamily of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter protein in a plant is provided. The composition for transportation of phytochelatin can be useful in accumulating and sequestering phytochelatin alone or in combination with a harmful substance by transporting the phytochelatin and/or harmful substance into the vacuole of a cell, thereby reducing a content of the toxic substance from cytosol, and also reducing it from translocation from the root to the shoot of a plant. Therefore, the DNA molecule can be useful to develop a crop in which the toxic substance present in edible parts, such as leaves, stems and fruits, of the plant is reduced in content. Furthermore, the DNA molecule can be useful to develop inedible plants for phytoremediation or phytoextraction due to an increase in accumulated amount of and resistance against arsenic, an arsenic compound and cadmium, thereby making it possible to achieve phytoremediation or phytoextraction in an environmentally friendly and economic manner.

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