期刊
NEW PHYTOLOGIST
卷 195, 期 1, 页码 32-39出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04166.x
关键词
alternative oxidase (AOX); Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco); nitric oxide (NO); plant mitochondrial electron transport chain; superoxide (O-2(-))
资金
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
The nonenergy-conserving alternative oxidase (AOX) has been hypothesized to modulate the amount of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS) in plant mitochondria but there is sparse direct in planta evidence to support this. Laser scanning fluorescent confocal microscopy and biochemical methods were used to directly estimate in planta leaf concentrations of superoxide (), nitric oxide (NO), peroxynitrite (ONOO-) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in wildtype (Wt) tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) and transgenic tobacco with altered amounts of AOX. We found that plants lacking AOX have increased concentrations of leaf mitochondrial-localized and leaf NO in comparison to the Wt, while leaf concentrations of H2O2 were similar or lower in the AOX-suppressed plants. Based on our results, we suggest that AOX respiration acts to reduce the generation of ROS and RNS in plant mitochondria by dampening the leak of single electrons from the electron transport chain to O2 or nitrite. This may represent a universal role for AOX in plants. More work is now needed to establish the functional implications of this role, such as during abiotic and biotic stress.
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