A methyltransferase gene from arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi involved in arsenic methylation and volatilization.

Chemosphere

State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China. Electronic address:

Published: October 2018

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), ubiquitous symbiotic fungi associated with the majority of terrestrial plants, were demonstrated to play important roles in arsenic (As) translocation and transformation in the plant-soil continuum, and substantially influence plant As tolerance. However, the direct involvement of AMF in As methylation and volatilization and their molecular mechanisms remain unsolved. Here, an arsenite methyltransferase gene RiMT-11 was identified and characterized from AM fungus Rhizophagus irregularis. Heterologous expression of RiMT-11 enhanced arsenite resistance of E. coli (Δars) through methylating As into monomethylarsonic acid (MMA), dimethylarsinic acid (DMA) and ultimately volatile trimethyl arsine (TMAs). In a two-compartment in vitro monoxenic cultivation system, methylated and volatile As were also detected from AM symbioses with arsenate addition, accompanied by strong up-regulation of RiMT-11 expression in extraradical hyphae. The present study provided direct evidence and illustrated an underlying mechanism of As methylation and volatilization by AMF, leading to a deeper insight into the role of AMF in As biogeochemical cycling.

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