title: Modification of the redox state of cytochrome c oxidase of rice due to certain stress treatments.
abstract: The redox state of cytochrome alpha 3 during in situ respiration of leaves of 20-day-old rice seedlings was assessed by in vivo aerobic assay of nitrate reductase, after 1 min exposure to carbon monoxide. Different stress treatments like water and salt stresses, disintegration of leaf tissues and darkness modified the redox state of cytochrome c oxidase. The dark treatment altered the redox state of cytochrome oxidase from reduced to the oxidized state, as judged by its reaction with CO in CO-sensitive rice cultivar. The water and salt stresses as well as the disintegration of leaf tissue on the contrary altered cytochrome oxidase from the oxidized to its reduced state in CO-insensitive cultivars; probably by changing the cellular integrity, turgidity and structure of mitochondrial membrane, and also due to decreased mitochondrial energization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahur, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Dhage
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Naik
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Munjal
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Naik
mesh_terms: D000332:Aerobiosis; D000693:Anaerobiosis; D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003624:Darkness; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D050901:Nitrate Reductase; D009565:Nitrate Reductases / Q000378:metabolism; D012275:Oryza / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000502:physiology; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D014867:Water; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D002248:Carbon Monoxide; D009565:Nitrate Reductases; D050901:Nitrate Reductase; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV