High-affinity siderophore-mediated iron-transport system in the green alga Scenedesmus incrassatulus |
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Authors: | K. M. Benderliev N. I. Ivanova |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institute of Plant Physiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, G. Bonchev Street, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria |
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Abstract: | Under iron-deficient conditions a high-affinity siderophore-mediated iron-transport system is induced in the green alga Scenedesmus incrassatulus R-83. Algal siderophores have a strong avidity for ferric versus ferrous iron, quickly oxidate FeII and efficiently solubilize FeIII hydroxides. The entire ferrated molecule is translocated across the membrane by the specific transport system. The iron-uptake rate in Fe-deficient cells is higher at higher pH adjusted with bicarbonate in the medium, suggesting the presence of an inducible membrane-bound translocator. The iron-reduction step is not involved in uptake of ferrated siderophores. The total absorbed iron from siderophores is high and does not strongly depend on the nutritional status of cells, showing that the critical step for iron uptake is siderophore secretion rather than the membrane-bound iron-transport system.Abbreviations DFOB desferrioxamine B - EDDHA ethylenediamine di (o-hydroxyphenyl) acetic acid - BPDS bathophenanthrolinedisulphonateThis work was supported by grant No. B-69 from the National Fund for Scientific Investigations at the Ministery of Education and Science in Bulgaria. |
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Keywords: | Green alga Iron transport Scenedesmus Siderophore |
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