title: Nitric oxide from a "green" perspective.
abstract: The molecule nitric oxide (NO) which is involved in practically all biochemical and physiological plant processes has become a subject for plant research. However, there remain many unanswered questions concerning how, where and when this molecule is enzymatically generated in higher plants. This mini-review aims to provide an overview of NO in plants for those readers unfamiliar with this field of research. The review will therefore discuss the importance of NO in higher plants at the physiological and biochemical levels, its involvement in designated nitro-oxidative stresses in response to adverse abiotic and biotic environmental conditions, NO emission/uptake from plants, beneficial plant-microbial interactions, and its potential application in the biotechnological fields of agriculture and food nutrition.
authors: Group of Antioxidants, Free Radicals and Nitric Oxide in Biotechnology, Food and Agriculture, Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Apartado 419, Granada E-18080, Spain. Electronic address: javier.corpas@eez.csic.es.
authors: Francisco J
authors: FJ
authors: Corpas
authors: Group of Biochemistry and Cell Signaling in Nitric Oxide, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Jaén, Campus "Las Lagunillas", Jaén E-23071, Spain.
authors: Juan B
authors: JB
authors: Barroso
mesh_terms: D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D009569:Nitric Oxide
keywords: Environmental stress; Nitric oxide; Plant cells; Reactive nitrogen species; Signaling