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Deciphering the functional roles of transporter proteins in subcellular metal transportation of plants.

Xingqi Chen, Yuanchun Zhao, Yuqing Zhong, Jiajia Chen, Xin Qi

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Review in Planta, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
13.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Nickel Toxicity in Plants.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  8. Multi-Scale Tolerance Mechanisms ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  9. Systematic analysis of the physiological and molecular responses of foxtail millet (Physiology and molecular biology of plants : an international journal of functional plant biology · 2025
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  13. Evaluation of zinc tolerance and accumulation in eight cultivars of bermudagrass (Cynodon spp.): implications for zinc phytoremediation.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xingqi ChenSchool of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, 215011, China.
Yuanchun ZhaoSchool of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, 215011, China.
Yuqing ZhongEnvironmental Monitoring Station of Suzhou City, Suzhou, 215004, China.
Jiajia ChenSchool of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, 215011, China.
Xin QiSchool of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, 215011, China. qixin@usts.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9038-4287
Suzhou University of Science and Technology · CN

Funding

Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province SJCX22_1553
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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conclusionThe role of transporters in subcellular metal transport is of great significance for plants in coping with heavy metal stress and maintaining their proper growth and development. Heavy metal toxicity is a serious long-term threat to plant growth and agricultural production, becoming a global environmental concern. Excessive heavy metal accumulation not only damages the biochemical and physiological functions of plants but also causes chronic health hazard to human beings through the food chain. To deal with heavy metal stress, plants have evolved a series of elaborate mechanisms, especially a variety of spatially distributed transporters, to strictly regulate heavy metal uptake and distribution. Deciphering the subcellular role of transporter proteins in controlling metal absorption, transport and separation is of great significance for understanding how plants cope with heavy metal stress and improving their adaptability to environmental changes. Hence, we herein introduce the detrimental effects of excessive common essential and non-essential heavy metals on plant growth, and describe the structural and functional characteristics of transporter family members, with a particular emphasis on their roles in maintaining heavy metal homeostasis in various organelles. Besides, we discuss the potential of controlling transporter gene expression by transgenic approaches in response to heavy metal stress. This review will be valuable to researchers and breeders for enhancing plant tolerance to heavy metal contamination.

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Membrane Transport ProteinsMetalsPlant ProteinsAgricultureBiological TransportHumansMembrane Transport ProteinsMetalsPlant ProteinsHeavy metal stressMetal detoxificationMetal homeostasisMetal subcellular transportationTransporter protein

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PMID37314548
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