Background Iron is an essential element for both plant productivity and nutritional quality.
Improving plant iron content was attempted through genetic engineering of plants …

Iron is essential for both plant productivity and nutritional quality. Improving plant iron
content was attempted through genetic engineering of plants overexpressing ferritins …

Ferritin protein nanocages are the main iron store in mammals. They have been predicted to
fulfil the same function in plants but direct evidence was lacking. To address this, a loss‐of …

Plant ferritins are key iron-storage proteins that share important structural and functional
similarities with animal ferritins. However, specific features characterize plant ferritins …

Ferritins are multimeric iron storage proteins encoded by a four‐member gene family in
Arabidopsis (AtFer1–4). To investigate whether iron sequestration in ferritins is a part of an …

Iron plays a crucial role in biochemistry and is an essential micronutrient for plants and
humans alike. Although plentiful in the Earth's crust it is not usually found in a form readily …

Oxygen is essential for aerobic life, although reactive oxygen intermediates can be highly
toxic to cells. Superoxide radicals and hydrogen peroxide become particularly harmful in …

Intracellular iron concentration requires tight control and is regulated both at the uptake and
storage levels. Our knowledge of the role that the iron‐storage protein ferritins play in plants …

Summry—Iron is an essential element for plant metabolism because of its redox properties.
Its long distance and intracellular trafficking require specialized proteins and low molecular …

Four ferritin genes are found within the complete sequence of the Arabidopsis thaliana
genome. All of them are expressed and their corresponding cDNA species have been …