Protein tyrosine nitration: a new challenge in plants.
Nitric oxide metabolism in plant cells has a relative short history. Nitration is a chemical process which consists of introducing a nitro group (-NO(2)) into a chemical compound. In biological systems, this process has been found in different molecules such as proteins, lipids and nucleic acids that can affect its function. This mini-review offers an overview of this process with special emphasis on protein tyrosine nitration in plants and its involvement in the process of nitrosative stress.
Corpas
Francisco J
FJ
Departamento de Bioquímica; Biología Celular y Molecular de Plantas, Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ), CSIC, Granada, Spain. javier.corpas@eez.csic.es
Chaki
Mounira
M
Leterrier
Marina
M
Barroso
Juan B
JB
D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism*; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism*
D010940:Plant Proteins; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D014443:Tyrosine