The present invention discloses a tobacco
nitrate transporter NtNPF7.4 and its encoding
gene,
gene editing vector and application. The present invention cloned the encoding
gene NtNPF7.4 gene of the tobacco
nitrate transporter, and detected different tobacco tissues and organs by fluorescent quantitative PCR. The results showed that the gene was expressed in the roots, stems, leaves and flowers of tobacco.
Subcellular localization analysis found that the NtNPF7.4
protein was located on the
cell membrane, and the expression level of the NtNPF7.4 gene in the leaves was significantly increased after salt stress, indicating that the NtNPF7.4
protein was involved in the
chloride ion transport process. The NtNPF7.4 gene was knocked out using a gene editing vector to construct a
gene knockout strain. The
chloride ion content in the roots and leaves of the knockout strain was significantly increased, which made it possible to cultivate tobacco enriched in
chloride ions, providing a new direction for improving the
low chloride content of
flue-cured tobacco in my country.