Rice plants take up iron as an Fe<sup>3+</sup>‐phytosiderophore and as Fe<sup>2+</sup>

Ishimaru, Yasuhiro; Suzuki, Motofumi; Tsukamoto, Takashi; Suzuki, Kazumasa; Nakazono, Mikio; Kobayashi, Takanori; Wada, Yasuaki; Watanabe, Satoshi; Matsuhashi, Shinpei; Takahashi, Michiko; Nakanishi, Hiromi; Mori, Satoshi; K. Nishizawa, Naoko

doi:10.1111/j.1365-313x.2005.02624.x

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Rice plants take up iron as an Fe3+‐phytosiderophore and as Fe2+

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Authors:

Yasuhiro Ishimaru

Motofumi Suzuki

Takashi Tsukamoto

Abstract

Summary Only graminaceous monocots possess the Strategy II iron (Fe)‐uptake system in which Fe is absorbed by roots as an Fe 3+ ‐phytosiderophore. In spite of being a Strategy II plant, however, rice ( Oryza sativa ) contains the previously identified Fe 2+ transporter OsIRT1. In this study, we isol...

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