Manganese handling in plants: Advances in the mechanistic and functional understanding of transport pathways

As the catalytic centre of the oxygen-evolving complex in photosystem II and a co-factor of glycosyltransferases and many other proteins, manganese (Mn) is essential for plants and a limiting factor for crop production. However, an excessive Mn availability is toxic to plants. Therefore, mechanisms...

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Main Authors: Bastian Meier, Oriana Mariani, Edgar Peiter
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Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2025-01-01
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description As the catalytic centre of the oxygen-evolving complex in photosystem II and a co-factor of glycosyltransferases and many other proteins, manganese (Mn) is essential for plants and a limiting factor for crop production. However, an excessive Mn availability is toxic to plants. Therefore, mechanisms need to be in place to maintain Mn homeostasis under fluctuating Mn availability. This review summarises our current understanding of the mechanisms that move Mn from the soil to its cellular targets and maintain Mn homeostasis. We zoom in from the whole-plant perspective to the intracellular allocation of the metal by transport proteins of different families acting in concert. In particular, organellar Mn supply by members of the recently identified bivalent cation transporter family and the post-translational regulation of Mn transporters by calcium-regulated phosphorylation have been a focus of current research. Finally, the emergent diversity of Mn handling beyond the Arabidopsis model will be addressed.
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spelling doaj-art-2f943706b7174e4ab9f897cd7a150f4f2025-08-20T03:36:58ZengCambridge University PressQuantitative Plant Biology2632-88282025-01-01610.1017/qpb.2025.10012Manganese handling in plants: Advances in the mechanistic and functional understanding of transport pathwaysBastian Meier0Oriana Mariani1Edgar Peiter2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9104-3238Plant Nutrition Laboratory, Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, https://ror.org/05gqaka33 Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg , Halle (Saale), GermanyPlant Nutrition Laboratory, Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, https://ror.org/05gqaka33 Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg , Halle (Saale), GermanyPlant Nutrition Laboratory, Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, https://ror.org/05gqaka33 Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg , Halle (Saale), GermanyAs the catalytic centre of the oxygen-evolving complex in photosystem II and a co-factor of glycosyltransferases and many other proteins, manganese (Mn) is essential for plants and a limiting factor for crop production. However, an excessive Mn availability is toxic to plants. Therefore, mechanisms need to be in place to maintain Mn homeostasis under fluctuating Mn availability. This review summarises our current understanding of the mechanisms that move Mn from the soil to its cellular targets and maintain Mn homeostasis. We zoom in from the whole-plant perspective to the intracellular allocation of the metal by transport proteins of different families acting in concert. In particular, organellar Mn supply by members of the recently identified bivalent cation transporter family and the post-translational regulation of Mn transporters by calcium-regulated phosphorylation have been a focus of current research. Finally, the emergent diversity of Mn handling beyond the Arabidopsis model will be addressed.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S263288282510012X/type/journal_articleintracellular distributionmanganese transportmanganese uptakemicronutrientspost-translational regulation
spellingShingle Bastian Meier
Oriana Mariani
Edgar Peiter
Manganese handling in plants: Advances in the mechanistic and functional understanding of transport pathways
Quantitative Plant Biology
intracellular distribution
manganese transport
manganese uptake
micronutrients
post-translational regulation
title Manganese handling in plants: Advances in the mechanistic and functional understanding of transport pathways
title_full Manganese handling in plants: Advances in the mechanistic and functional understanding of transport pathways
title_fullStr Manganese handling in plants: Advances in the mechanistic and functional understanding of transport pathways
title_full_unstemmed Manganese handling in plants: Advances in the mechanistic and functional understanding of transport pathways
title_short Manganese handling in plants: Advances in the mechanistic and functional understanding of transport pathways
title_sort manganese handling in plants advances in the mechanistic and functional understanding of transport pathways
topic intracellular distribution
manganese transport
manganese uptake
micronutrients
post-translational regulation
url https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S263288282510012X/type/journal_article
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