title: Investigation of iron pools in cucumber roots by Mössbauer spectroscopy: direct evidence for the Strategy I iron uptake mechanism.
abstract: Distinct chemical species of iron were investigated by Mössbauer spectroscopy during iron uptake into cucumber roots grown in unbuffered nutrient solution with or without 57Fe-citrate. Mössbauer spectra of iron deficient roots supplied with 10-500 microM 57Fe-citrate for 30-180 min and 24 h and iron-sufficient ones, were recorded. The roots were analysed for Fe concentration and Fe reductase activity. The Mössbauer parameters in the case of iron-sufficient roots revealed high-spin iron(III) components suggesting the presence of FeIII-carboxylate complexes, hydrous ferric oxides and sulfate-hydroxide containing species. No FeII was detected in these roots. However, iron-deficient roots supplied with 0.5 mM 57FeIII-citrate for 30 min contained significant amount of FeII in a hexaaqua complex form. This is a direct evidence for the Strategy I iron uptake mechanism. Correlation was found between the decrease in Fe reductase activity and the ratio of FeII-FeIII components as the time of iron supply was increased. The data may refer to a higher iron reduction rate as compared to its uptake/reoxidation in the cytoplasm in accordance with the increased reduction rate in iron deficient Strategy I plants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter lane 1/a, 1117, Budapest, Hungary. kkriszti@bolyai.elte.hu
authors.forename: Krisztina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kovács
authors.forename: Erno
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kuzmann
authors.forename: Eniko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tatár
authors.forename: Attila
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vértes
authors.forename: Ferenc
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fodor
mesh_terms: D018553:Cucumis sativus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D038181:FMN Reductase / Q000378:metabolism; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism*; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D015204:Spectroscopy, Mossbauer
chemical_list: D007501:Iron; D038181:FMN Reductase; C023903:ferric citrate iron reductase