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NO-Based Signaling in Plants

Olivier LamotteAnnie BuchwalterCécile CourtoisDavid WendehenneAlain PuginAngélique BessonAntoine Gravot

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Metabolic pathwayKinaseSecond messenger systemTranslation (biology)Post-translational regulationBiologySignal transductionProtein kinase ACell biologyHormone

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In animals, nitric oxide (NO) is an endogenously produced radical involved in cell communication and signal transduction. Its functions in plants are currently being discovered at an unprecedented pace, and insight into NO-derived mechanisms has mainly been gained from research on signal transduction. Numerous studies have firmly placed NO as one component of the signal perception–transduction network that connects plant responses to primary signals, including hormones, elicitors of defence responses or abiotic stresses. Protein kinases and the second messengers Ca 2+, cGMP, and cADPR convey part of the NO signal within cells. Furthermore, NO-based protein modifications are emerging as broad-based mechanisms for posttranslational regulation of protein function and might be implied in the regulation of numerous signaling pathways.

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2006-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/7089_2006_083