Trace metal metabolism in plants

E Andresen, E Peiter, H Küpper - Journal of experimental botany, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Many trace metals are essential micronutrients, but also potent toxins. Due to natural and
anthropogenic causes, vastly different trace metal concentrations occur in various habitats …

Molybdenum cofactors, enzymes and pathways

G Schwarz, RR Mendel, MW Ribbe - Nature, 2009 - nature.com
The trace element molybdenum is essential for nearly all organisms and forms the catalytic
centre of a large variety of enzymes such as nitrogenase, nitrate reductases, sulphite …

[HTML][HTML] Transporters in plant sulfur metabolism

T Gigolashvili, S Kopriva - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Sulfur is an essential nutrient, necessary for synthesis of many metabolites. The uptake of
sulfate, primary and secondary assimilation, the biosynthesis, storage, and final utilization of …

A revised mineral nutrient supplement increases biomass and growth rate in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

J Kropat, A Hong‐Hermesdorf, D Casero… - The Plant …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Interest in exploiting algae as a biofuel source and the role of inorganic nutrient deficiency in
inducing triacylglyceride (TAG) accumulation in cells necessitates a strategy to efficiently …

The molybdenum cofactor

RR Mendel - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2013 - ASBMB
The transition element molybdenum needs to be complexed by a special cofactor to gain
catalytic activity. Molybdenum is bound to a unique pterin, thus forming the molybdenum …

Essential and beneficial trace elements in plants, and their transport in roots: a review

R Vatansever, II Ozyigit, E Filiz - Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2017 - Springer
The essentiality of 14 mineral elements so far have been reported in plant nutrition. Eight of
these elements were known as micronutrients due to their lower concentrations in plants …

[HTML][HTML] Transition metal transport in plants and associated endosymbionts: arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and rhizobia

M González-Guerrero, V Escudero, Á Saéz… - Frontiers in plant …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Transition metals such as iron, copper, zinc, or molybdenum are essential nutrients for
plants. These elements are involved in almost every biological process, including …

[HTML][HTML] Cell biology of molybdenum in plants and humans

RR Mendel, T Kruse - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Cell …, 2012 - Elsevier
The transition element molybdenum (Mo) needs to be complexed by a special cofactor in
order to gain catalytic activity. With the exception of bacterial Mo-nitrogenase, where Mo is a …

Variation in Molybdenum Content Across Broadly Distributed Populations of Arabidopsis thaliana Is Controlled by a Mitochondrial Molybdenum Transporter (MOT1)

I Baxter, B Muthukumar, HC Park, P Buchner… - PLoS …, 2008 - journals.plos.org
Molybdenum (Mo) is an essential micronutrient for plants, serving as a cofactor for enzymes
involved in nitrate assimilation, sulfite detoxification, abscisic acid biosynthesis, and purine …

Sulfate transport systems in plants: functional diversity and molecular mechanisms underlying regulatory coordination

H Takahashi - Journal of Experimental Botany, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Sulfate transporters are integral membrane proteins controlling the flux of sulfate (SO42–)
entering the cells and subcellular compartments across the membrane lipid bilayers. Sulfate …