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Trace metal metabolism in plants
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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, ranging from deficient to toxic levels. Therefore, one focus of plant research is on the response to trace metals in terms of uptake, transport, sequestration, speciation, physiological use, deficiency, toxicity, and detoxification. In this review, we cover most of these aspects for the essential micronutrients copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, and zinc to provide a broader overview than found in other recent reviews, to cross-link aspects of knowledge in this very active research field that are often seen in a separated way. For example, individual processes of metal usage, deficiency, or toxicity often were not mechanistically interconnected. Therefore, this review also aims to stimulate the communication of researchers following different approaches, such as gene expression analysis, biochemistry, or biophysics of metalloproteins. Furthermore, we highlight recent insights, emphasizing data obtained under physiologically and environmentally relevant conditions.
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“Moreover, metal ion transport into vacuoles occurs through CDF (cation diffusion facilitator), MTP (metal tolerance protein), and P1B type ATPase HMA3 (Krämer et al., 2007; Verbruggen et al., 2009b; Andresen et al., 2018).”
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“A great deal of metal ion transport has been explored through studies on ZIP transporters, as they are involved mainly in the uptake of metal ions (Krämer et al., 2007; Andresen et al., 2018).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Andresen, E., Peiter, E., & Küpper, H.
- Affiliations
- Czech Academy of Sciences (CZ)
- Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Küpper, Hendrik
- Venue
- Journal of Experimental Botany
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2018-02-13
- Volume
- 69
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 909-954
- ISSN
- 0022-0957 (ISSN-L)
- 1460-2431
- OpenAlex
- W2791034768
- Cited by
- 431
- References
- 611
- Citations by year
- 2026: 30 · 2025: 49 · 2024: 58 · 2023: 65 · 2022: 70 · 2021: 87 · 2020: 34 · 2019: 26 · 2018: 11
- FWCI
- 2.02
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Experimental Botany (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic (CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/15_003/0000336)
- Czech Academy of Sciences (60077344)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Trace Elements in Health
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Analytical Chemistry › Heavy Metals in Plants
- Keywords
- trace metal metabolism, micronutrients, metal uptake, metal transport, metal sequestration, metal speciation, metal deficiency, metal toxicity, detoxification, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, zinc, metalloproteins, plant metal homeostasis
- MeSH terms
- Metals, Plants, Trace Elements
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