A quick journey into the diversity of iron uptake strategies in photosynthetic organisms
Amanda Martín‐Barranco, Sébastien Thomine, Grégory Vert, Enric Zelazny
Abstract
and rice. Unicellular algae combine reductive and non-reductive mechanisms for iron uptake and present important specificities compared to land plants. Since the majority of the molecular actors required for iron acquisition in algae are not conserved in land plants, questions arise about the evolution of the Fe uptake processes upon land colonization.
Topics & Concepts
BiologyPhotosynthesisArabidopsisOryza sativaRhizosphereArabidopsis thalianaAlgaeTerrestrial plantBotanySiderophoreIron deficiencyChloroplastBiochemistryGeneMutantBacteriaInternal medicineAnemiaMedicineGeneticsPlant Micronutrient Interactions and EffectsPlant Stress Responses and ToleranceLegume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis