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Ample evidence exists that the phytotoxic action of sulfur dioxide in plants is initiated and propagated by impairment of their thioredoxin systems, which by their redox status control the light-dark regulation and productivity of chloroplast metabolism. We have shown that oxidized thioredoxin reacts readily with sulfite ions under sulfitolysis of its exposed disulfide bond and formation of an inactive S-sulfonyl thioredoxin. Accumulation of such modified proteins is suggested to mark the specific threshold concentration of SO2 toxicity in a plant. The adverse effects are potentiated intracellularly by an induction of excess H2O2 synthesis which will oxidize additional SH groups and make them susceptible to further sulfitolysis and incapacitation.
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Häberlein, I., Follmann, H. Die Sulfitolyse von Thioredoxinen Eine Schlüsselreaktion für die Phytotoxizität von Schwefeldioxid in Pflanzen. Naturwissenschaften 78, 259–265 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01134352
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