Regulation of iron uptake is critical for plant survival. Although the activities responsible for reduction and transport of iron at the plant root surface have been described, the genes controlling these activities are largely unknown. We report the identification of the essential gene Fe-deficiency Induced Transcription Factor 1 (FIT1), which encodes a putative transcription factor that regul...

Desalination of saline water is becoming an increasingly critical strategy to overcome the global challenge drinkable shortage, but current desalination methods are often plagued with major drawbacks high energy consumption, capital cost, or low capacity. To address these drawbacks, we have developed a unique continuous-mode redox flow approach capitalizing on characteristics batteries. The ope...

Três complexos inéditos do tipo [Cu(HL)Cl 2 ] foram obtidos com N(4)-orto (H2Bz4oT, HL1), N(4)-meta (H2Bz4mT, HL2) e N(4)-para-toluil-2-benzoilpiridina tiossemicarbazona (H2Bz4pT, HL3), nos quais a tiossemicarbazona coordena-se ao metal por meio do sistema quelante N py N-S. H2Bz4pT (HL3) cristaliza-se no grupo espacial P1 – , a = 9,509(3) Å, b = 9,807(4) Å, c = 11,564(4) Å; α = 100,76(2)°, β =...

In order to investigate the effect of growth media and nutrition method on the growth of Bellis perennis L. and nutrients uptake, a factorial experiment was conducted with two factors: growth media (municipal waste compost, Azolla compost, tea wastes compost) and nutrition method (without fertilizer, soil application, foliar spray) in comparison to the control medium (60% soil + 20% manure + 10...

Site-specific cleavage of proteins with metal chelates is an approach for designing artificial proteolytic reagents that are directed by proximity to a peptide bond rather than by an amino acid residue type. In the presence of ascorbate and H2O2, an iron chelate attached to Cys-212 of the enzyme human carbonic anhydrase I quickly cleaved the protein between residues Leu-189 and Asp-190 to produ...

Intensified peroxidation in the Graafian follicle may be a factor compromising the normal development of the oocyte. The aim of this study was to measure concentrations of three oxidative stress markers: conjugated dienes, lipid hydroperoxides and thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances, in preovulatory follicular fluids and sera of 145 women attending an in-vitro fertilization programme, and t...

Biological chelating molecules called siderophores are used to sequester iron and maintain its ferric state. Bacterial substrate-binding proteins (SBPs) bind iron-siderophore complexes and deliver these complexes to ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters for import into the cytoplasm, where the iron can be transferred from the siderophore to catalytic enzymes. In Yersinia pestis, the causative...