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Cytosolic NADPH Is the Electron Donor for Extracellular Fe^III Reduction in Iron-Deficient Bean Roots ¹

Department of Plant Physiology, University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 318, 1098 SM Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Pyridine nucleotides were determined in lateral roots of iron-deficient and iron-sufficient Phaseolus vulgaris L. cv Prelude. In iron-deficient plants, total NADP per gram fresh weight and the NADPH/NADP⁺ ratio were twice the values found in iron-sufficient plants. The NADPH/NADP⁺ ratio in iron-deficient plants was considerably lowered after a 2 minute incubation in 1 millimolar ferricyanide. Total NAD was not influenced by growth conditions and was mainly present in oxidized form.

These results indicate that NADPH is the electron donor for the high Fe^III reduction activity found in iron-deficient roots, a process that is part of the Fe-uptake mechanism.

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