SRF3 couples cellular iron homeostasis and defense responses through ubiquitin-dependent nano-organization
Matthieu Pierre Platre, Lukas Brent, Matias F. Gleason, Preyanka Mehta, Ling Zhang, Laia Armengot, Julie Neveu, Olivier Kaakeh, Min Cao, Laura M. Martins, Julie A. Law, Santosh B. Satbhai, Nuria S. Coll, Marc Valls, Grégory Vert, Wolfgang Busch · 2026
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Matthieu Pierre Platre and co-authors study iron control in plant defense in a 2026 paper. Iron balance is part of how hosts fight germs, well known in mammals. How plants tune iron at the first moments of attack was unclear. The team focused on a surface sensor protein in the plant cell membrane.
When the sensor spots a bacterial signal, a burst of reactive oxygen follows. That burst drains the cell's ready iron pool for a short time. The state triggers tagging of the sensor and its pull inside the cell, which restores iron levels. Fine scale imaging showed the tagging also arranges the sensor in tiny clusters with distinct outputs.
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| CREATOR | Matthieu Pierre Platre, Lukas Brent, Matias F. Gleason, Preyanka Mehta, Ling Zhang, Laia Armengot, Julie Neveu, Olivier Kaakeh, Min Cao, Laura M. Martins, Julie A. Law, Santosh B. Satbhai, Nuria S. Coll, Marc Valls, Grégory Vert, Wolfgang Busch |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 109 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |