Figure 10.
mit mutants exhibit altered Fe homeostasis under Fe deficiency. (A) Root ferric reductase activity assay on seedlings grown in Fe-sufficient or Fe-deficient media. The activity was normalized to root fresh weight. Values shown are an average of 10 biological replicates. Error bars in all the graphs indicate standard deviation. Significance was assessed using the student’s t-test. The asterisk represents a p < value 0.05 as compared to Col-0. Seedlings were grown on standard B5 media for 2 weeks and then transferred to Fe-sufficient (50 µM Fe(III)-EDTA) or Fe-deficient (300 µM ferrozine media) for 3 days. (B) Immunoblot of IRT1 protein levels in the roots of mit mutants grown on standard B5 media for 2 weeks and then transferred to Fe-deficient conditions for 3 days. (C) Immunoblot of ferritin levels in shoots of 2.5-week-old mit seedlings grown in Fe-sufficient media. 25 µg of protein lysate was loaded per lane for the immunoblots.
