Abstract
Sulfur (S) is the most versatile element among those commonly occurring in plants. It is the reduced S that essentially becomes the moiety for organic residue constituents in biomolecules. The bio-sensitive pathway for S assimilation not only works its demand to cultivate but also for regulation of different metabolic reaction. In plant system starting from cell membrane residues to different signaling compounds, S becomes most important element in maintenance of homeostasis under stress condition. Sulfolipid, sulfoprotein, and other secondary S compounds rank this element to carry messages about enzymatic steps. This is mostly concern with multiple oxidation state of S along with a significant release of free energy which makes the sulfate assimilation more favorable. Therefore, facing abiotic stress with reference to oxidative exposure plants is significantly in debt to S metabolism. This mini chapter is expected to satisfy the S involvement in various corners of cellular and biochemical reactions those let accomplish plant successful stress tolerance.
Keywords
- Physiological properties
- Reduced thiol
- Abscisic acid
- Gene regulation
- Abiotic stress
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Adak, M.K., Saha, I., Dolui, D., Debnath, S.C. (2021). Sulfur in Soil: Abiotic Stress Signaling, Transmission and Induced Physiological Responses in Plants. In: Rakshit, A., Singh, S., Abhilash, P., Biswas, A. (eds) Soil Science: Fundamentals to Recent Advances. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0917-6_24
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