A process in which iron is solubilized by reduction from Fe3+ to Fe2+ via a cell surface reductase and subsequent transport of the iron across the membrane by iron uptake proteins. [ GOC:mah http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16963626 GOC:cjm ]
Synonyms: iron assimilation by reduction and transport
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- iron import into cell
- has part some iron ion transmembrane transport
- has part some ferric-chelate reductase activity