The active uptake of radiocaesium by plants via potassium transport systems results in contamination of food supplies. Here, the authors show that loss of the v-SNARE protein Sec22p/SEC22 specifically reduces the accumulation of Cs+in yeast and plants by repressing its deposition to vacuoles.
- Stephan Dräxl
- Johannes Müller
- Anton R. Schäffner