UNASSIGNED: In addition to the micronutrient inadequacy of staple crops for optimal @entity1 nutrition, a global downtrend in crop-quality has emerged from intensive breeding for yield. This trend will be aggravated by elevated levels of the greenhouse gas @entity544 . Therefore, crop biofortification is inevitable to ensure a sustainable supply of minerals to the large part of @entity1 population who is dietary dependent on staple crops. This requires a thorough understanding of plant-mineral interactions due to the complexity of mineral homeostasis. Employing RNA sequencing, we here communicate transfer cell specific effects of excess @entity68 and @entity219 during grain filling in our model crop plant @entity2247 . Responding to alterations in mineral contents, we found a long range of different genes and transcripts. Among them, it is worth to highlight the auxin and @entity1786 signaling factors Arfs, Abcbs, Cand1, Hps4, Hac1, Ecr1, and Ctr1, diurnal fluctuation components Sdg2, Imb1, Lip1, and PhyC, retroelements, @entity599 homeostasis components Amp1, Hmt3, Eil3, and Vip1, mineral trafficking components Med16, Cnnm4, Aha2, Clpc1, and Pcbps, and vacuole organization factors Ymr155W, RabG3F, Vps4, and Cbl3. Our analysis introduces new interactors and signifies a broad spectrum of regulatory levels from chromatin remodeling to intracellular protein sorting mechanisms active in the plant mineral homeostasis. The results highlight the importance of storage proteins in metal ion toxicity-resistance and chelation. Interestingly, the protein sorting and recycling factors Exoc7, Cdc1, Sec23A, and Rab11A contributed to the response as well as the polar distributors of metal-transporters ensuring the directional flow of minerals. Alternative isoform switching was found important for plant adaptation and occurred among transcripts coding for identical proteins as well as transcripts coding for protein isoforms. We also identified differences in the alternative-isoform preference between the treatments, indicating metal-affinity shifts among isoforms of metal transporters. Most important, we found the @entity219 treatment to impair both photosynthesis and respiration. A wide range of transcriptional changes including stress-related genes and negative feedback loops emphasize the importance to withhold mineral contents below certain cellular levels which otherwise might lead to agronomical impeding side-effects. By illustrating new mechanisms, genes, and transcripts, this report provides a solid platform towards understanding the complex network of plant mineral homeostasis.

Deciphering Mineral Homeostasis in XXXX Seed Transfer Cells at Transcriptional Level.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['human'] @entity2247 :: ('4513', 'Species') :: ['barley'] @entity219 :: ('MESH:D015032', 'Chemical') :: ['zinc'] @entity544 :: ('MESH:D002245', 'Chemical') :: ['carbon dioxide'] @entity599 :: ('MESH:D013455', 'Chemical') :: ['sulfur'] @entity68 :: ('MESH:D007501', 'Chemical') :: ['iron'] @entity1786 :: ('MESH:C036216', 'Chemical') :: ['ethylene']
@entity2247 :: (4513,Species) :: ['Barley']
