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ArticleBMC plant biology2024

Discovery of a conserved translationally repressive upstream open reading frame within the iron-deficiency response regulator IDEF2.

Oscar Carey-Fung, Jesse T Beasley, Ronan C Broad, Roger P Hellens, Alexander A T Johnson

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  1. Ribosome stalling position, spacing, and A-site occupancy impact translation and cotranslational mRNA decay in plants.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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Oscar Carey-FungSchool of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia.
Jesse T BeasleySchool of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia.
Ronan C BroadDepartment of Animal, Plant and Soil Sciences, School of Agriculture, Biomedicine and Environment, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, 3086, Australia.
Roger P HellensGenXtraits, Alameda, CA, USA.
Alexander A T JohnsonSchool of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia. johnsa@unimelb.edu.au.

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Australian Research Council LP190100631
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Abstract

backgroundIron (Fe) deficiency affects 30-50% of the world's population. Genetic biofortification of staple crops is a promising strategy for improving human nutrition, but the number of effective precision breeding targets for Fe biofortification is small. Upstream open reading frames (uORFs) are cis-regulatory elements within the 5' leader sequence (LS) of genes that generally repress translation of the main open reading frame (mORF).

resultsWe aligned publicly available rice (Oryza sativa L.) ribo-seq datasets and transcriptomes to identify putative uORFs within important Fe homeostasis genes. A dual luciferase assay (DLA) was used to determine whether these uORFs cause repression of mORF translation and pinpoint LS regions that can be mutated for mORF derepression. A translationally repressive uORF region was identified in two positive regulators of the Fe-deficiency response: IDEF1 and IDEF2. The IDEF2-uORF peptide was highly conserved among monocots and a mutation series in the 5' LS of the wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) TaIDEF2-A1 gene demonstrated variable mORF derepression.

conclusionsTogether these results reveal a possible regulatory mechanism by which IDEF2 transcription factors modulate the Fe deficiency response in monocots, and highlight novel precision breeding targets to improve crop nutrition and abiotic stress tolerance.

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Open Reading FramesOryzaPlant ProteinsTriticumConserved SequenceGene Expression Regulation, PlantIron DeficienciesPlant ProteinsBiofortificationCPuORFDual luciferaseIDEF1RiceTranscription factoruORFWheat

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