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An Update to the Understanding of Nitric Oxide Metabolism in Plants

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Nitric Oxide in Plants: Metabolism and Role in Stress Physiology

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Nitric oxide (NO) is an inorganic free radical gaseous molecule which has been shown to play an unprecedented range of roles in biological systems. The potential reactions of NO are numerous and depend on many different factors. The site and source of production, as well as the concentration of NO collectively determine whether NO will elicit direct or indirect effects. In animals, NO is generated by the activity of nitric oxide synthase (NOS). In plants, neither the gene nor protein similar to known NOS has been found. However, different pathways producing NO in plants have been described, and can be classified as either oxidative or reductive steps. These sources of NO seem to cooperate to the growth and development, and to respond to several stress situations like abiotic stress. Chloroplasts are key organelles in plant metabolism and they seem to be involved in NO production, thus, proposed pathways for NO generation in chloroplasts are discussed.

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by grants from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and National Council for Science and Technology (CONICET) and the National Agency of Scientific and Technological Promotion (ANPCyT). Susana Puntarulo and Andrea Galatro are career investigators from CONICET.

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  1. School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Physical Chemistry-Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (IBIMOL), University of Buenos Aires-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Andrea Galatro

  2. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Fisicoquímica-IBIMOL, Junín 956, C1113AAD, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Susana Puntarulo

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  1. Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

    M. Nasir Khan

  2. Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

    Mohammad Mobin

  3. Plant Physiology Section,Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

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  4. Departamento de Bioquímica Biol. Cellular y Molecular de Plantas, Estación Experimental del Zaidín Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Granada, Spain

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Galatro, A., Puntarulo, S. (2014). An Update to the Understanding of Nitric Oxide Metabolism in Plants. In: Khan, M., Mobin, M., Mohammad, F., Corpas, F. (eds) Nitric Oxide in Plants: Metabolism and Role in Stress Physiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06710-0_1

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