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FRO7 Gene Vital to Photosynthesis and Iron Metabolism in Plants

Posted on August 27, 2008

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Andrejs ZemdegaResearchers have shown that a gene called FRO7 is vital for efficient photosynthesis and for iron metabolism, processes necessary for producing a healthy plant and a nutritious food source.In this study, Guerinot and her colleagues provide molecular evidence that FRO7, a gene in the FRO family, is involved in chloroplast iron acquisition and is required for efficient photosynthesis. The FRO family is a group of proteins that transfers electrons from ferric iron (Fe3+) to reduce it to another kind of iron (Fe2+). This same lab showed that this proce...

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