Skip to main content
NCBI home page
Plant Physiology logoLink to Plant Physiology
. 1969 Jun;44(6):816–820. doi: 10.1104/pp.44.6.816

Iron Content and Ferritin in Leaves of Iron Treated Xanthium pensylvanicum Plants 1

Joseph Seckbach a,2
PMCID: PMC396169  PMID: 5799045

Abstract

Iron administration to iron-starved cocklebur (Xanthium pensylvanicum) plants causes an increase in the iron content of ferritin fractions extracted from mature leaves. Xanthium plants grown under long days (vegetative stage) have more iron and ferritin than similarly iron-treated plants induced to flower under short day regimes. This first demonstration of ferritin in cocklebur (Compositae) leaves suggests that a substantial portion of iron that enters the iron-starved plant appears as this protein-iron macromolecule.

Full text

PDF
816

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. DRYSDALE J. W., MUNRO H. N. SMALL-SCALE ISOLATION OF FERRITIN FOR THE ASSAY OF THE INCORPORATION OF 14C-LABELLED AMINO ACIDS. Biochem J. 1965 Jun;95:851–858. doi: 10.1042/bj0950851. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. FISCHER D. S., PRICE D. C. A SIMPLE SERUM IRON METHOD USING THE NEW SENSITIVE CHROMOGEN TRIPYRIDYL-S-TRIAZINE. Clin Chem. 1964 Jan;10:21–31. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. HYDE B. B., HODGE A. J., KAHN A., BIRNSTIEL M. L. STUDIES ON PHYTOFERRITIN. I. IDENTIFICATION AND LOCALIZATION. J Ultrastruct Res. 1963 Oct;59:248–258. doi: 10.1016/s0022-5320(63)80005-2. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Kato T., Shinjo S., Shimada T. Isolation and properties of ferritin from tuna fish (Thunnus obesus) spleen. J Biochem. 1968 Feb;63(2):170–175. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a128758. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Marinos N. G. Multifunctional plastids in the meristematic region of potato tuber buds. J Ultrastruct Res. 1967 Jan;17(1):91–113. doi: 10.1016/s0022-5320(67)80023-6. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. OSTERTAG W., THEMANN H., DUISBERG E. DIE INDUKTION VON FERRITIN IN NORMALEN MENSCHLICHEN ZELLKULTUREN NACH ZUGABE VON EISEN-(II)SULFAT. Z Mensch Vererb Konstitutionsl. 1964 Jul 9;37:534–548. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. Seckbach J. Studies on the deposition of plant ferritin as influenced by iron supply to iron-deficient beans. J Ultrastruct Res. 1968 Mar;22(5):413–423. doi: 10.1016/s0022-5320(68)90031-2. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. Tiffin L. O., Brown J. C. Selective absorption of iron from iron chelates by soybean plants. Plant Physiol. 1961 Sep;36(5):710–714. doi: 10.1104/pp.36.5.710. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Plant Physiology are provided here courtesy of Oxford University Press

RESOURCES