Nitric oxide from a "green" perspective

Francisco J Corpas; Juan B Barroso

doi:10.1016/j.niox.2015.01.007

Nitric oxide from a "green" perspective

Nitric Oxide. 2015 Feb 15:45:15-9. doi: 10.1016/j.niox.2015.01.007. Epub 2015 Jan 28.

Authors

Francisco J Corpas¹, Juan B Barroso²

Affiliations

¹ Group of Antioxidants, Free Radicals and Nitric Oxide in Biotechnology, Food and Agriculture, Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Apartado 419, Granada E-18080, Spain. Electronic address: javier.corpas@eez.csic.es.
² Group of Biochemistry and Cell Signaling in Nitric Oxide, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Jaén, Campus "Las Lagunillas", Jaén E-23071, Spain.

PMID: 25638488
DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2015.01.007

Abstract

The molecule nitric oxide (NO) which is involved in practically all biochemical and physiological plant processes has become a subject for plant research. However, there remain many unanswered questions concerning how, where and when this molecule is enzymatically generated in higher plants. This mini-review aims to provide an overview of NO in plants for those readers unfamiliar with this field of research. The review will therefore discuss the importance of NO in higher plants at the physiological and biochemical levels, its involvement in designated nitro-oxidative stresses in response to adverse abiotic and biotic environmental conditions, NO emission/uptake from plants, beneficial plant-microbial interactions, and its potential application in the biotechnological fields of agriculture and food nutrition.

Keywords: Environmental stress; Nitric oxide; Plant cells; Reactive nitrogen species; Signaling.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Nitric Oxide / metabolism*
Plants / chemistry*
Plants / metabolism*
Reactive Oxygen Species / metabolism
Signal Transduction / physiology
Stress, Physiological / physiology*

Substances

Reactive Oxygen Species
Nitric Oxide