title: [Nitric oxide production in plants].
abstract: There are still many controversial observations and opinions on the cellular/subcellular localization and sources of endogenous nitric oxide synthesis in plant cells. NO can be produced in plants by non-enzymatic and enzymatic systems depending on plant species, organ or tissue as well as on physiological state of the plant and changing environmental conditions. The best documented reactions in plant that contribute to NO production are NO production from nitrite as a substrate by cytosolic (cNR) and membrane bound (PM-NR) nitrate reductases (NR), and NO production by several arginine-dependent nitric oxide synthase-like activities (NOS). The latest papers indicate that mitochondria are an important source of arginine- and nitrite-dependent NO production in plants. There are other potential enzymatic sources of NO in plants including xanthine oxidoreductase, peroxidase, cytochrome P450.
authors.affiliation: Katedra Fizjologii i Biochemii Roślin, Uniwersytet Lódzki. ulmal@biol.uni.lodz.pl
authors.forename: Urszula
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Małolepsza
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D050901:Nitrate Reductase / Q000502:physiology*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000502:physiology; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D010944:Plants / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D009569:Nitric Oxide; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D050901:Nitrate Reductase