Reactive oxygen species and their role in plant defence and cell wall metabolism.

Abstract:

:Harnessing the toxic properties of reactive oxygen species (ROS) to fight off invading pathogens can be considered a major evolutionary success story. All aerobic organisms have evolved the ability to regulate the levels of these toxic intermediates, whereas some have evolved elaborate signalling pathways to dramatically increase the levels of ROS and use them as weapons in mounting a defence response, a process commonly referred to as the oxidative burst. The balance between steady state levels of ROS and the exponential increase in these levels during the oxidative burst has begun to shed light on complex signalling networks mediated by these molecules. Here, we discuss the different sources of ROS that are present in plant cells and review their role in the oxidative burst. We further describe two well-studied ROS generating systems, the NADPH oxidase and apoplastic peroxidase proteins, and their role as the primary producers of ROS during pathogen invasion. We then discuss what is known about the metabolic and proteomic fluxes that occur in plant cells during the oxidative burst and after pathogen recognition, and try to highlight underlying biochemical processes that may provide more insight on the complex regulation of ROS in plants.

journal_name

Planta

journal_title

Planta

authors

O'Brien JA,Daudi A,Butt VS,Bolwell GP

doi

10.1007/s00425-012-1696-9

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2012-09-01 00:00:00

pages

765-79

issue

3

eissn

0032-0935

issn

1432-2048

journal_volume

236

pub_type

杂志文章,评审

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