title: Hypoxia/anoxia as signaling for increased alcohol dehydrogenase activity in saffron (Crocus sativus L.) corm.
abstract: Alcohol dehydrogenase, NAD-dependent lactate dehydrogenase, and NAD-independent lactate dehydrogenase activities were investigated in corms cultivated in normoxic and hypoxic/anoxic conditions. Depending on the developmental stage, hypoxia/anoxia was a signal for increase in either alcohol dehydrogenase or NAD-dependent lactate dehydrogenase. NAD-independent lactate dehydrogenase contributed to the recycling of lactate, thus preventing acidosis.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Life Sciences, Saadat Abade, Sarve Sharghi 34, 19979 Tehran, Iran. keyhanius2002@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ezzatollah
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Keyhani
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Keyhani
mesh_terms: D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D027622:Crocus / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000254:growth & development; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D009243:NAD / Q000378:metabolism; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D009243:NAD; D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D010100:Oxygen