Proper metal transport and homeostasis are critical for the growth and development of
plants. In order to potentially fortify plants pre-harvest with essential metals in aid of human …

Photosynthetic organisms are among the earliest life forms on earth and their biochemistry is
strictly dependent on a wide range of inorganic nutrients owing to the use of metal cofactor …

Only graminaceous monocots possess the Strategy II iron (Fe)‐uptake system in which Fe is
absorbed by roots as an Fe3+‐phytosiderophore. In spite of being a Strategy II plant …

NADPH oxidases (NOX) catalyze the production of superoxides, a type of reactive oxygen
species (ROS). The dramatic induction of ROS production by human NOX2 in activated …

Iron deficiency is a major human nutritional problem wherever plant-based diets are
common. Using synchrotron x-ray fluorescence microtomography to directly visualize iron in …

The micronutrient zinc has an essential role in physiological and metabolic processes in
plants as a cofactor or structural element in 300 catalytic and noncatalytic proteins, but it is …

Here, we describe two members of the Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) Yellow Stripe-
Like (YSL) family, AtYSL1 and AtYSL3. The YSL1 and YSL3 proteins are members of the …

Transcription in plastids is mediated by a plastid-encoded multimeric (PEP) and a nuclear-
encoded single-subunit RNA polymerase (NEP) and a still unknown number of nuclear …

Zinc ions are required to maintain the biological activity of numerous proteins. However,
when mislocalized or accumulated in excess, Zn2+ ions are toxic because of adventitious …

Iron acquisition of graminaceous plants is characterized by the synthesis and secretion of
the iron‐chelating phytosiderophore, mugineic acid (MA), and by a specific uptake system …