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FeS protein levels in Arabidopsis plants expressing a mutated NEET protein

ABSTRACT: Iron-sulfur (Fe-S) clusters play an essential role in plants as protein co-factors mediating diverse electron transfer reactions. Because they can react with oxygen to form reactive oxygen species (ROS) and cause cellular damage, the biogenesis of Fe-S clusters is highly regulated. A newly discovered group of 2Fe-2S proteins, termed NEET proteins, was recently proposed to coordinate iron-sulfur, iron, and ROS homeostasis in mammalian cells. Here we report that disrupting the function of AtNEET, the sole member of the NEET protein family in Arabidopsis thaliana, triggers a leaf-associated Fe- and Fe-S-deficiency responses, iron overload in chloroplasts (1.2-1.5 fold), chlorosis, structural damage to chloroplasts, and a high seedling mortality rate. Our findings suggest that disrupting AtNEET function disrupts the transfer of 2Fe-2S clusters from the chloroplastic 2Fe-2S biogenesis pathway to Fe-S proteins, and that uncoupling this process triggers a leaf-associated Fe-deficiency response that results in iron overload in chloroplasts and enhanced ROS accumulation

ORGANISM(S): Arabidopsis Thaliana

SUBMITTER: Sara I Zandalinas

PROVIDER: PXD015447 | panorama | Sun Jan 24 00:00:00 GMT 2021

REPOSITORIES: PanoramaPublic

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Expression of a dominant-negative AtNEET-H89C protein disrupts iron-sulfur metabolism and iron homeostasis in Arabidopsis.

Zandalinas Sara I SI Song Luhua L Sengupta Soham S McInturf Samuel A SA Grant DeAna G DG Marjault Henri-Baptiste HB Castro-Guerrero Norma A NA Burks David D Azad Rajeev K RK Mendoza-Cozatl David G DG Nechushtai Rachel R Mittler Ron R

The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology 20191209 5

Iron-sulfur (Fe-S) clusters play an essential role in plants as protein cofactors mediating diverse electron transfer reactions. Because they can react with oxygen to form reactive oxygen species (ROS) and inflict cellular damage, the biogenesis of Fe-S clusters is highly regulated. A recently discovered group of 2Fe-2S proteins, termed NEET proteins, was proposed to coordinate Fe-S, Fe and ROS homeostasis in mammalian cells. Here we report that disrupting the function of AtNEET, the sole member ...[more]

PMID: 31642128

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FeS protein levels in Arabidopsis plants expressing a mutated NEET protein

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Expression of a dominant-negative AtNEET-H89C protein disrupts iron-sulfur metabolism and iron homeostasis in Arabidopsis.

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