Reactive Oxygen Species in Plants: Fine-Tuning of Their Production, Scavenging and Signaling Functions under Environmental Stress
A special issue of Antioxidants (ISSN 2076-3921). This special issue belongs to the section "ROS, RNS and RSS".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 October 2021) | Viewed by 11152
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ascorbate; glutathione; antioxidant system; redox regulation; reactive oxygen species; oxidative signaling; photosynthesis; photorespiration; cell death
Interests: oxygen; O2; reactive oxygen species (ROS); the water–water cycle; photosystem I; P700; P700 oxidation; Mehler reaction; superoxide; hydrogen peroxide; singlet oxygen; reduction-induced suppression of electron flow (RISE)
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As sessile organisms, plants are continuously exposed to environmental stresses such as high light, drought, and extreme temperatures. The production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is enhanced by these environmental stimuli through the perturbation or activation of the primary metabolisms, such as photosynthesis, photorespiration, and respiration. Although ROS are reactive forms of molecular oxygen and potentially toxic to plant cells, they have another role as signaling molecules that modulate a wide range of biological processes, including defense systems, programmed cell death, and growth and development. To support these signaling roles, plants have several oxidases that catalyze the one-electron reduction of molecular oxygen, such as NADPH oxidases, as alternative intra- and extracellular sources of ROS. The balance of ROS actions as cytotoxic and signaling molecules is therefore critical for the plant stress acclimation process. This balance is fine-tuned through highly sophisticated mechanisms that control the production and scavenging of ROS under environmental stress.
In this Special Issue, we invite high-quality original papers and reviews that describe recent advances in the plant ROS field. Potential topics will include (but are not limited to) the following: (1) regulation of ROS production, (2) ROS scavenging/antioxidant systems, and (3) ROS sensing and signaling in plants. We look forward to your contributions.
Dr. Takanori Maruta
Prof. Dr. Chikahiro Miyake
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- reactive oxygen species
- antioxidant system
- photosynthesis
- the water-water cycle
- P700 oxidation
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