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Plants, therefore, have evolved complex means to optimize their Fe-acquisition efficiency. In the past two decades, regulatory networks of transcription factors and ubiquitin ligases have proven to be essential for plant Fe uptake and translocation. Recent studies in <jats:italic>Arabidopsis thaliana<\/jats:italic> (Arabidopsis) suggest that in addition to the transcriptional network, IRON MAN\/FE-UPTAKE-INDUCING PEPTIDE (IMA\/FEP) peptide interacts with a ubiquitin ligase, BRUTUS (BTS)\/BTS-LIKE (BTSL). Under Fe-deficient conditions, IMA\/FEP peptides compete with IVc subgroup bHLH transcription factors (TFs) to interact with BTS\/BTSL. The resulting complex inhibits the degradation of these TFs by BTS\/BTSL, which is important for maintaining the Fe-deficiency response in roots. Furthermore, IMA\/FEP peptides control systemic Fe signaling. By organ-to-organ communication in Arabidopsis, Fe deficiency in one part of a root drives the upregulation of a high-affinity Fe-uptake system in other root regions surrounded by sufficient levels of Fe. IMA\/FEP peptides regulate this compensatory response through Fe-deficiency-triggered organ-to-organ communication. 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