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Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. Columbia wild type and a root hair-less mutant RM57 were grown on iron-containing and iron-deficient nutrient solutions. In both genotypes, ferric chelate reductase (FCR) of intact roots was induced upon iron deficiency and followed a Michaelis-Menten kinetic with a K m of 45 and 54 μM FeIII-EDTA and a V max of 42 and 33 nmol Fe2+·(g FW)−1·min−1 for the wild type and the mutant, respectively. The pH optimum for the reaction was around pH 5.5. The approximately four fold stimulation of FCR activity was independent of formation of root hairs and/or transfer cells induced by iron deficiency. Iron-deficiency-induced chlorosis and the development of a rigid root habit disappeared when ferric chelate was applied to the leaves, while FCR activity remained unchanged. The time course of the responses to iron deficiency showed that morphological and physiological responses were controlled separately.
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Abbreviations
- FCR:
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ferric chelate reductase
- FW:
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fresh weight
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Thanks are due to Klaas Sjollema (Department of Electronmicroscopy, University of Groningen, The Netherlands) for help with the electron microscopy sample preparation and especially to Dr. Uwe Santore (Heinrich-Heine-University for electron microscopy. This work was supported by the SCIENCE programm of the European community; P.R.M.) and a Personal Research Grant by the Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung of Nordrhein-Westfalen (P.R.M.) and last, not least by the productive discussions in ECOTRANS B.V.
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Moog, P.R., van der Kooij, T.A.W., Brüggemann, W. et al. Responses to iron deficiency in Arabidopsis thaliana: The Turbo iron reductase does not depend on the formation of root hairs and transfer cells. Planta 195, 505–513 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00195707
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