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Iron (Fe) deficiency has grow to be one of many elements limiting plant high quality and productiveness all over the world. IMA (IRONMAN), a household of small peptides, has been lately reported to play a constructive position within the Fe deficiency response in Arabidopsis and rice (Oryza sativa). Two OsIMA genes have been recognized in rice. However, it was nonetheless unclear how OsIMA1 and OsIMA2 activate the Fe deficiency response in rice.
In a research revealed within the Journal of Experimental Botany, researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences confirmed that IMA positively regulates Fe homeostasis by interacting with OsHRZs (Haemerythrin Motif-Containing Really Interesting New Gene and Zinc-Finger Proteins), and a synthetic IMA peptide derived from OsPRI1 is helpful for Fe biofortification in rice.
To confirm whether or not OsIMA1 and OsIMA2 work together with OsHRZ1 and OsHRZ2, the researchers carried out yeast-two-hybrid assays. They discovered that OsIMAs bodily work together with OsHRZs in plant cells and the C-terminal areas of OsIMAs contribute to the interactions with OsHRZs, and the final amino acid A is important.
To additional examine how OsIMAs regulate the Fe deficiency response, the researchers generated OsIMA1 overexpressing transgenic vegetation (OsIMAox) by which the OsIMA1 gene was pushed by the maize ubiquitin promoter.
They discovered that OsIMA1ox vegetation mimic the hrz1-2 mutant vegetation and OsHRZ1 and OsHRZ2 promote the degradation of OsIMAs. The C-terminal area of OsPRIs is required for the interactions with OsHRZ1 and OsHRZ2.
They developed a synthetic small peptide, aIMA, which possesses the flexibility to work together with OsHRZs and will be degraded by OsHRZs. Indeed, the elevated Fe accumulation and regular fertility have been achieved within the transgenic vegetation overexpressing aIMA peptides. Unlike the sturdy enhance of Fe focus within the OsIMAox vegetation, the average Fe enhance was detected within the aIMAox vegetation.
“The synthetic IMA technique can apply to different plant species past rice. Our exploration of a synthetic IMA peptide offers a brand new technique for Fe fortification in crops,” mentioned Liang Gang of XTBG.
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More info:
Feng Peng et al, IRONMAN interacts with OsHRZ1 and OsHRZ2 to keep up Fe homeostasis, Journal of Experimental Botany (2022). DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erac299
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