Insertion mutations that disrupt the function of PHT4;6 (At5g44370) cause NaCI hypersensitivity of Arabidop-sis seedlings that is characterized by reduced growth of the primary root,enhanced lateral branching,and swelling of root tips.Mutant phenotypes were exacerbated by sucrose,but not by equiosmolar concentrations of mannitol,and atten-uated by low inorganic phosphate in the medium.Protein PHT4;6 belongs to the Major Facilitator Superfamily of per-meases that shares significant sequence similarity to mammalian type-I Pi transporters and vesicular glutamate transporters,and is a member of the PHT4 family of putative intracellular phosphate transporters of plants.PHT4;6 local-izes to the Golgi membrane and transport studies indicate that PHT4;6 facilitates the selective transport of Pi but not of chloride or inorganic anions.Phenotypic similarities with other mutants displaying root swelling suggest that PHT4;6 likely functions in protein N-glycosylation and cell wall biosynthesis,which are essential for salt tolerance.Together,our results indicate that PHT4;6 transports Pi out of the Golgi lumenal space for the re-cycling of the Pi released from glycosylation processes.