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Respiratory burst oxidases: The engines of ROS signaling

  • Nobuhiro Suzuki
  • , Gad Miller
  • , Jorge Morales
  • , Vladimir Shulaev
  • , Miguel Angel Torres
  • , Ron Mittler
  • University of North Texas
  • Technical University of Madrid
  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Abstract

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play a key signal transduction role in cells. They are involved in the regulation of growth, development, responses to environmental stimuli and cell death. The level of ROS in cells is determined by interplay between ROS producing pathways and ROS scavenging mechanisms, part of the ROS gene network of plants. Recent studies identified respiratory burst oxidase homologues (RBOHs) as key signaling nodes in the ROS gene network of plants integrating a multitude of signal transduction pathways with ROS signaling. The ability of RBOHs to integrate calcium signaling and protein phosphorylation with ROS production, coupled with genetic studies demonstrating their involvement in many different biological processes in cells, places RBOHs at the center of the ROS network of cells and demonstrate their important function in plants.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)691-699
Number of pages9
JournalCurrent Opinion in Plant Biology
Volume14
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2011

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Supported by funding from The National Science Foundation ( IBN-0420033 , NSF-0431327 , IOS-0639964 and IOS-0743954 ), University of North Texas College of Arts and Sciences , and EU grant FP7 – MARRIE CURIE 447 . Work in M.A.T. laboratory was supported by Grant BIO-2007-66806 from the Spanish MICINN and by IRG Grant (2007)D/562971 from the EU . J.M. is the recipient of a PhD Fellowship from UPM.

Funding

Supported by funding from The National Science Foundation ( IBN-0420033 , NSF-0431327 , IOS-0639964 and IOS-0743954 ), University of North Texas College of Arts and Sciences , and EU grant FP7 – MARRIE CURIE 447 . Work in M.A.T. laboratory was supported by Grant BIO-2007-66806 from the Spanish MICINN and by IRG Grant (2007)D/562971 from the EU . J.M. is the recipient of a PhD Fellowship from UPM.

FundersFunder number
University of North Texas College of Arts and Sciences
National Science FoundationIOS-0743954, IBN-0420033, IOS-0639964, NSF-0431327
Directorate for Biological Sciences0420033, 0639964, 0743954, 0431327
European CommissionBIO-2007-66806, FP7 – MARRIE CURIE 447
Ministerio de Ciencia e InnovaciónD/562971

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