Carbonate-sensitive phytotransferrin controls high-affinity iron uptake in diatoms

Jeffrey B. McQuaid, Adam B. Kustka, Miroslav Oborník, Aleš Horák, John P. McCrow, Bogumil J. Karas, Hong Zheng, Theodor Kindeberg, Andreas J. Andersson, Katherine A. Barbeau and Andrew E. Allen ()
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Jeffrey B. McQuaid: J. Craig Venter Institute, Microbial and Environmental Genomics
Adam B. Kustka: Rutgers University–Newark, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Miroslav Oborník: Biology Centre CAS, Institute of Parasitology
Aleš Horák: Biology Centre CAS, Institute of Parasitology
John P. McCrow: J. Craig Venter Institute, Microbial and Environmental Genomics
Bogumil J. Karas: J. Craig Venter Institute, Microbial and Environmental Genomics
Hong Zheng: J. Craig Venter Institute, Microbial and Environmental Genomics
Theodor Kindeberg: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California
Andreas J. Andersson: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California
Katherine A. Barbeau: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California
Andrew E. Allen: J. Craig Venter Institute, Microbial and Environmental Genomics

Nature, 2018, vol. 555, issue 7697, 534-537

Abstract: Phytotransferrin, a functional analogue of transferrin, has an obligate requirement for carbonate to bind iron, which suggests that acidification-driven declines in the concentration of seawater carbonate ions may negatively affect diatom iron acquisition.

Date: 2018
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