Journal
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
Volume 72, Issue 6, Pages 2045-2055Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab003
Keywords
Arabidopsis; bHLH transcription factors; E3 ligases; iron deficiency; iron homeostasis; iron uptake
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- National Science Foundation [IOS-1456290, IOS 1257722]
- National Institutes of Health [P42ES007373]
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Iron is an essential micronutrient for plants and animals, with deficiency leading to anemia in humans. Plants heavily rely on plant-based foods as their primary source of iron, but these foods are often poor sources of dietary iron. Understanding how plants adapt to iron deficiency is crucial for optimizing iron uptake and ensuring optimal plant growth.
Iron (Fe) is one of the essential micronutrients required by both plants and animals. In humans, Fe deficiency causes anemia, the most prevalent nutritional disorder. Most people rely on plant-based foods as their major Fe source, but plants are a poor source of dietary Fe. Therefore, there is a critical need to better understand the mechanisms involved in the uptake and trafficking of Fe and how plants adapt to Fe deficiency. Fe participates in key cellular functions such as photosynthesis and respiration. Perturbations of Fe uptake, transport, or storage affect plant growth as well as crop yield and plant product quality. Excess Fe has toxic effects due to its high redox activity. Plants, therefore, tightly regulate Fe uptake, distribution, and allocation. Here, we review the regulatory mechanisms involved at the transcriptional and post-translational levels that are critical to prevent Fe uptake except when plants experience Fe deficiency. We discuss the key regulatory network of basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors, including FIT, subgroup lb, subgroup IVc, and URI (bHLH121), crucial for regulating Fe uptake in Arabidopsis thaliana. Furthermore, we describe the regulators of these transcription factors that either activate or inhibit their function, ensuring optimal Fe uptake that is essential for plant growth.
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