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Nitric oxide signaling and its crosstalk with other plant growth regulators in plant responses to abiotic stress

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Nitric oxide (NO) is a free radical molecule involved in an array of functions under physiological and adverse environmental conditions. As other free radical molecules, NO biological action depends on its cellular concentration, acting as a signal molecule when produced at low concentration or resulting in cellular damage when produced at sufficiently high levels to trigger nitro-oxidative stress. Over the last decade, significant progress has been made in characterizing NO metabolism and action mechanism, revealing that diverse biosynthetic routes can generate this free radical in plants and its action mainly occurs through posttranslational modification (nitration and S-nitrosylation) of target proteins. Intricate crosstalk networks between NO and other signaling molecules have been described involving phytohormones, other second messengers, and key transcription factors. This review will focus on our current understanding of NO interplay with phytohormones and other plant growth regulators under abiotic stress conditions.

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Abbreviations

ABA:

Abscisic acid

AUX:

Auxin

ACC:

1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid

ACO:

ACC oxidase

ACS:

ACC synthase

AOS:

Allene oxide synthase

BR:

Brassinosteroids

CDPK:

Ca2+-dependent protein kinase

CK:

Cytokinin

cPTIO:

2-4-Carboxyphenyl-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazoline-1-oxyl-3-oxide

ERF:

Ethylene responsive factor

ET:

Ethylene

FCR:

Ferric-chelate reductase

GA:

Gibberellin

GABA:

γ-Amino butyric acid

GSNO:

S-Nitrosoglutathione

GSNOR:

GSNO reductase

GSH:

Reduced glutathione

GSSG:

Oxidized glutathione

HM:

Heavy metal

IAA:

Indole-3-accetic acid

JA:

Jasmonic acid

LOX2:

Lipoxygenase

MAT:

Methionine adenosyltransferase

NO:

Nitric oxide

NOD:

NO degrading dioxygenase

NOS:

Nitric oxide synthase

NR:

Nitrate reductase

ODC:

Ornithine decarboxylase

PA:

Polyamines

ROS:

Reactive oxygen species

RNS:

Reactive nitrogen species

SA:

Salicylic acid

SAM:

S-Adenosyl methionine

SIPK:

SA-induced protein kinase

SNP:

Sodium nitroprusside

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The research of NAK is supported by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), New Delhi, under the DBT-BUILDER programme (No. BT/PR4872/INF/22/150/2012). FJC research is supported by an ERDF cofinanced grant from the Ministry of Science and Innovation (Recupera 2020-20134R056 and AGL2015-65104-P) and the Junta de Andalucía (research group BIO192). LF research is supported by the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq—grant no. 442045/2014-0) and by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP—grant no. 2013/18056-2).

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    Mohd Asgher, Tasir S. Per, Asim Masood, Mehar Fatma & Nafees A. Khan

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    Francisco J. Corpas

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Asgher, M., Per, T.S., Masood, A. et al. Nitric oxide signaling and its crosstalk with other plant growth regulators in plant responses to abiotic stress. Environ Sci Pollut Res 24, 2273–2285 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-7947-8

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