Throwing copper around: how plants control uptake, distribution, and accumulation of copper

A Wairich, L De Conti, TI Lamb, R Keil, LO Neves… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Copper (Cu) is essential to plants but can also be harmful due to Fenton chemistry. Because
of that, it is necessary to keep Cu within a narrow concentration limit. Plants evolved …

Optimal copper supply is required for normal plant iron deficiency responses

BM Waters, LC Armbrust - Plant Signaling & Behavior, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Iron (Fe) and copper (Cu) homeostasis are tightly linked across biology. Understanding
crosstalk between Fe and Cu nutrition could lead to strategies for improved growth on soils …

Plant responses to copper: molecular and regulatory mechanisms of copper uptake, distribution and accumulation in plants

M Migocka, K Malas - Plant micronutrient use efficiency, 2018 - Elsevier
In plants, copper (Cu) acts as an essential cofactor of numerous proteins that play key
functions in plant cell metabolism, such as the transport of electrons in mitochondria and …

Facing the challenges of Cu, Fe and Zn homeostasis in plants

CM Palmer, ML Guerinot - Nature chemical biology, 2009 - nature.com
Plants have recently moved into the spotlight owing to the growing realization that the world
needs solutions to energy and food production that are sustainable and environmentally …

Interactions between copper homeostasis and metabolism in plants

A Schulten, U Krämer - Progress in Botany Vol. 79, 2018 - Springer
Vascular plants require the micronutrient copper (Cu) at merely 6–8 μg g− 1 leaf dry
biomass. Yet insufficient bioavailable soil Cu is an immediate threat for growth, stress …

Deregulated High Affinity Copper Transport Alters Iron Homeostasis in Arabidopsis

A Perea-García, A Andrés-Bordería… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The present work describes the effects on iron homeostasis when copper transport was
deregulated in Arabidopsis thaliana by overexpressing high affinity copper transporters …

Copper bioavailability, uptake, toxicity and tolerance in plants: A comprehensive review

V Kumar, S Pandita, GPS Sidhu, A Sharma, K Khanna… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Copper (Cu) is an essential element for humans and plants when present in lesser amount,
while in excessive amounts it exerts detrimental effects. There subsists a narrow difference …

Transcriptome Sequencing Identifies SPL7-Regulated Copper Acquisition Genes FRO4/FRO5 and the Copper Dependence of Iron Homeostasis in Arabidopsis

M Bernal, D Casero, V Singh, GT Wilson… - The Plant …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The transition metal copper (Cu) is essential for all living organisms but is toxic when
present in excess. To identify Cu deficiency responses comprehensively, we conducted …

Copper in plants: acquisition, transport and interactions

I Yruela - Functional Plant Biology, 2009 - CSIRO Publishing
Copper is an essential metal for plants. It plays key roles in photosynthetic and respiratory
electron transport chains, in ethylene sensing, cell wall metabolism, oxidative stress …

New aspects of iron–copper crosstalk uncovered by transcriptomic characterization of Col-0 and the copper uptake mutant spl7 in Arabidopsis thaliana

R Kastoori Ramamurthy, Q Xiang, EJ Hsieh, K Liu… - Metallomics, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Iron (Fe) and copper (Cu) are essential micronutrients for energy metabolism and
reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging. Some Cu-containing proteins can be …