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OsHAC1;1 and OsHAC1;2 Function as Arsenate Reductases and Regulate Arsenic Accumulation.
Plant physiology - 1 Nov 2016
Shi Shulin, Wang Tao, Chen Ziru, Tang Zhong, Wu Zhongchang, Salt David E, Chao Dai-Yin, Zhao Fang-Jie
Abstract excerpt
Rice is a major dietary source of the toxic metalloid arsenic (As). Reducing its accumulation in rice (Oryza sativa) grain is of critical importance to food safety. Rice roots take up arsenate and arsenite depending on the prevailing soil conditions. The first step of arsenate detoxification is its reduction to arsenite, but the enzyme(s) catalyzing this reaction in rice remains unknown. Here, we identify...
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