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ReviewJournal of experimental botany2025

Shedding light on iron nutrition: exploring intersections of transcription factor cascades in light and iron deficiency signaling.

Ksenia Trofimov, Samriti Mankotia, Mary Ngigi, Dibin Baby, Santosh B Satbhai, Petra Bauer

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Review in Journal of experimental botany, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Ksenia TrofimovInstitute of Botany, Heinrich-Heine-University, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1717-3138
Samriti MankotiaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali, SAS Nagar, Punjab 140406, India.ORCID 0000-0002-3780-2539
Mary NgigiInstitute of Botany, Heinrich-Heine-University, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7307-9563
Dibin BabyInstitute of Botany, Heinrich-Heine-University, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0592-6067
Santosh B SatbhaiDepartment of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali, SAS Nagar, Punjab 140406, India.ORCID 0000-0002-2770-656X
Petra BauerInstitute of Botany, Heinrich-Heine-University, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0404-4532

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the dynamic environment of plants, the interplay between light-dependent growth and iron nutrition is a recurring challenge. Plants respond to low iron levels by adjusting growth and physiology through enhanced iron acquisition from the rhizosphere and internal iron pool reallocation. Iron deficiency response assays and gene co-expression networks aid in documenting physiological reactions and unraveling gene-regulatory cascades, offering insight into the interplay between hormonal and external signaling pathways. However, research directly exploring the significance of light in iron nutrition remains limited. This review provides an overview on iron deficiency regulation and its cross-connection with distinct light signals, focusing on transcription factor cascades and long-distance signaling. The circadian clock and retrograde signaling influence iron uptake and allocation. The light-activated shoot-to-root mobile transcription factor ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL5 (HY5) affects iron homeostasis responses in roots. Blue light triggers the formation of biomolecular condensates containing iron deficiency-induced protein complexes. The potential of exploiting the connection between light and iron signaling remains underutilized. With climate change and soil alkalinity on the rise, there is a need to develop crops with improved nutrient use efficiency and modified light dependencies. More research is needed to understand and leverage the interplay between light signaling and iron nutrition.

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IronIron DeficienciesLightSignal TransductionTranscription FactorsGene Expression Regulation, PlantIronTranscription FactorsbHLHbiomolecular condensateblue lightBTScircadian clockFITHY5ironlong-distance signalingSR45

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PMID39115876
PMCPMC11805591

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