Chapter 25
Nitric Oxide (NO)-Mediated Plant Stress Signaling
L.V. Dubovskaya,
Y.S. Bakakina,
L.V. Dubovskaya
Institute of Biophysics and Cell Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus
Search for more papers by this authorY.S. Bakakina
Institute of Biophysics and Cell Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus
Search for more papers by this authorL.V. Dubovskaya,
Y.S. Bakakina,
L.V. Dubovskaya
Institute of Biophysics and Cell Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus
Search for more papers by this authorY.S. Bakakina
Institute of Biophysics and Cell Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus
Search for more papers by this authorBook Editor(s):Mirza Hasanuzzaman,
Vasileios Fotopoulos,
Kamrun Nahar,
Masayuki Fujita,
Mirza Hasanuzzaman
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Search for more papers by this authorVasileios Fotopoulos
Cyprus University of Technology, Lemesos, Cyprus
Search for more papers by this authorKamrun Nahar
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Search for more papers by this authorSummary
Nitric oxide (NO) as a signaling molecule involved in various physiological processes and abiotic/biotic stress responses in plants. Nitric oxide (NO) can realize its biological functions directly by specific post-translational modification of proteins and ion-channel modulation or indirectly through the stimulation the activity of guanylyl cyclases (GCs) and activation of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP)-dependent cellular responses. Currently it established that interaction between NO and cGMP is of great importance in the regulation of physiological/stress reactions in plant cells. In this chapter the data concerning the molecular mechanisms of NO signaling in plants were summarized. In particular, the cGMP-dependent and the cGMP-independent NO signaling as well as interplays between NO, cyclic adenosine diphosphate-ribose (cADPR) and Ca2+in plant cells are discussed. The mechanism of NO action in response to abiotic/biotic stress signals and oxidative stress are also presented.
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