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ROLE OF IRON IN PLANT GROWTH AND METABOLISM

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Rout, Gyana R., Sahoo, Sunita·2015·Reviews in Agricultural Science
DOI 10.7831/ras.3.1
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Iron is an essential micronutrient for almost all living organisms because of it plays critical role in metabolic processes such as DNA synthesis, respiration, and photosynthesis. Further, many metabolic pathways are activated by iron, and it is a prosthetic group constituent of many enzymes. An imbalance between the solubility of iron in soil and the demand for iron by the plant are the primary causes of iron chlorosis. Although abundant in most well-aerated soils, the biological activity of iron is low because it primarily forms highly insoluble ferric compounds at neutral pH levels. Iron plays a significant role in various physiological and biochemical pathways in plants. It serves as a component of many vital enzymes such as cytochromes of the electron transport chain, and it is thus required for a wide range of biological functions. In plants, iron is involved in the synthesis of chlorophyll, and it is essential for the maintenance of chloroplast structure and function. There are seven transgenic approaches and combinations, which can be used to increase the concentration of iron in rice seeds. The first approach involves enhancing iron accumulation in rice seeds by expressing the ferritin gene under the control of endosperm-specific promoters. The second approach is to increase iron concentrations in rice through overexpression of the nicotianamine synthase gene (NAS). Nicotianamine, which is a chelator of metal cations, such as Fe+2 and zinc (Zn+2), is biosynthesized from methionine via S-adenosyl methionine synthase. The third approach is to increase iron concentrations in rice and to enhance iron influx to seeds by expressing the Fe+2- nicotianamine transporter gene OsYSL2. The fourth approach to iron biofortification involves enhancing iron uptake and translocation by introducing genes responsible for biosynthesis of mugineic acid family phytosiderophores (MAs). The fifth approach to enhance iron uptake from soil is the over expression of the OsIRT1 or OsYSL15 iron transporter genes. The sixth approach to enhanced iron uptake and translocation is overexpression of the iron homeostasis-related transcription factor OsIRO2. OsIRO2 is responsible for the regulation of key genes involved in MAs-related iron uptake. The seventh approach to enhanced iron translocation from flag leaves to seeds utilizes the knockdown of the vacuolar iron transporter gene OsVIT1 or OsVIT2. The present review discusses iron toxicity in plants with regard to plant growth and metabolism, metal interaction, iron-acquisition mechanisms, biofortification of iron, plant-iron homeostasis, gene function in crop improvement, and micronutrient interactions.

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Authors
Rout, G. R., & Sahoo, S.
Venue
Reviews in Agricultural Science
Publisher
United Graduate School of Agricultural Science
Published
2015
Volume
3
Issue
0
Pages
1-24
ISSN
2187-090X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.7831/ras.3.1
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W1581907284
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164
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journal article
Language
en
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