Does the alternative respiratory pathway offer protection against the adverse effects resulting from climate change?

Elevated greenhouse gases (GHGs) induce adverse conditions directly and indirectly, causing decreases in plant productivity. To deal with climate change effects, plants have developed various mechanisms including the fine-tuning of metabolism. Plant respiratory metabolism is highly flexible due to t...

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Autores: Florez-Sarasa, Igor|||0000-0002-1862-7931, Fernie, Alisdair|||0000-0001-9000-335X, Gupta, Kapuganti Jagadis
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:226628
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/226628
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1093/jxb/erz428
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Alternative oxidase
Greenhouse gases
Nitric oxide
Nitrosative stress
Oxidative stress
Ozone
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Sumario:Elevated greenhouse gases (GHGs) induce adverse conditions directly and indirectly, causing decreases in plant productivity. To deal with climate change effects, plants have developed various mechanisms including the fine-tuning of metabolism. Plant respiratory metabolism is highly flexible due to the presence of various alternative pathways. The mitochondrial alternative oxidase (AOX) respiratory pathway is responsive to these changes, and several lines of evidence suggest it plays a role in reducing excesses of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS) while providing metabolic flexibility under stress. Here we discuss the importance of the AOX pathway in dealing with elevated carbon dioxide (CO), nitrogen oxides (NOx), ozone (O), and the main abiotic stresses induced by climate change.