Glutathione metabolism in plants under stress: beyond reactive oxygen species detoxification

S Dorion, JC Ouellet, J Rivoal - Metabolites, 2021 - mdpi.com
Glutathione is an essential metabolite for plant life best known for its role in the control of
reactive oxygen species (ROS). Glutathione is also involved in the detoxification of …

Learning the languages of the chloroplast: retrograde signaling and beyond

KX Chan, SY Phua, P Crisp, R McQuinn… - Annual review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
The chloroplast can act as an environmental sensor, communicating with the cell during
biogenesis and operation to change the expression of thousands of proteins. This process …

Sulfur homeostasis in plants

Q Li, Y Gao, A Yang - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Sulfur (S) is an essential macronutrient for plant growth and development. S is majorly
absorbed as sulfate from soil, and is then translocated to plastids in leaves, where it is …

Glutathione in plants: an integrated overview

G Noctor, A Mhamdi, S Chaouch, YI Han… - Plant, cell & …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Plants cannot survive without glutathione (γ‐glutamylcysteinylglycine) or γ‐glutamylcysteine‐
containing homologues. The reasons why this small molecule is indispensable are not fully …

Glutathione and glutathione reductase: a boon in disguise for plant abiotic stress defense operations

SS Gill, NA Anjum, M Hasanuzzaman, R Gill… - Plant Physiology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Abiotic stresses such as salinity, drought, clilling, heavy metal are the major limiting factors
for crop productivity. These stresses induce the overproduction of reactive oxygen species …

Sulfur nutrition: impacts on plant development, metabolism, and stress responses

S Kopriva, M Malagoli… - Journal of Experimental …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Sulfur is an essential element for all organisms and has a wide variety of functions. Plant
sulfur nutrition is particularly important as plants are our primary source of the essential …

Sulfur assimilation in photosynthetic organisms: molecular functions and regulations of transporters and assimilatory enzymes

H Takahashi, S Kopriva, M Giordano… - Annual review of …, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Sulfur is required for growth of all organisms and is present in a wide variety of metabolites
having distinctive biological functions. Sulfur is cycled in ecosystems in nature where …

New insights into the shikimate and aromatic amino acids biosynthesis pathways in plants

V Tzin, G Galili - Molecular plant, 2010 - cell.com
The aromatic amino acids phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan in plants are not only
essential components of protein synthesis, but also serve as precursors for a wide range of …

Significance of flavonoids in plant resistance: a review

D Treutter - Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2006 - Springer
Flavonoids occur widely in plants and are a biologically major and chemically diverse group
of secondary metabolites that can be divided into subgroups including anthocyanidins …

Retrograde sulfur flow from glucosinolates to cysteine in Arabidopsis thaliana

R Sugiyama, R Li, A Kuwahara… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Specialized (secondary) metabolic pathways in plants have long been considered one-way
routes of leading primary metabolite precursors to bioactive end products. Conversely …