New Biofortification Tool: Wheat TaCNR5 Enhances Zinc and Manganese Tolerance and Increases Zinc and Manganese Accumulation in Rice Grains

• Published in: Journal of agricultural and food chemistry Vol. 67; no. 35; pp. 9877 - 9884
• Main Authors: Qiao, Kun, Wang, Fanhong, Liang, Shuang, Wang, Hong, Hu, Zhangli, Chai, Tuanyao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 04.09.2019
• Subjects: Arabidopsis; biofortification; cadmium; heavy metals; human health; manganese; nutrient deficiencies; proteins; rice; roots; shoots; soil; transgenic plants; Triticum aestivum; wheat; zinc; Mn; Zn; TaCNR5; Triticum aestivum; grains

Heavy metal contaminants and nutrient deficiencies in soil negatively affect crop growth and human health. The plant cadmium resistance (PCR) protein transports heavy metals. The abundance of PCR is correlated with that of cell number regulator (CNR) protein, and the two proteins have similar conser...