Chapter 2. Plant Thiol Enzymes and Thiol Homestasis in Relation to Thiol-dependent Redox Regulation and Oxidative Stress
- Nicholas Smirnoff
Published Online: 12 NOV 2007
DOI: 10.1002/9780470988565.ch2
Copyright © 2005 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Book Title
Antioxidants and Reactive Oxygen Species in Plants
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How to Cite
Dietz, K.-J. (2007) Plant Thiol Enzymes and Thiol Homestasis in Relation to Thiol-dependent Redox Regulation and Oxidative Stress, in Antioxidants and Reactive Oxygen Species in Plants (ed N. Smirnoff), Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470988565.ch2
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School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, University of Exeter, UK
Publication History
- Published Online: 12 NOV 2007
- Published Print: 27 JUN 2005
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9781405125291
Online ISBN: 9780470988565
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Keywords:
- plant thiol enzymes;
- oxidative stress;
- sulfur;
- proteins;
- chloroplast
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Introduction: plant sulfur and thiol contents
The redox potential and its relation to the redox proteome
Oxidation of thiol groups
C-X-X-C and C-X-X-S motifs in redox proteins
The principle reactions that maintain thiol-redox homeostasis
Enzymes involved in thiol-disulfide interconversion
Peroxiredoxins, thiol/disulfide proteins in antioxidant defence
The thiol proteome of plants
Thiol homeostasis in subcellular compartments
Thiol-dependent redox regulation of gene expression
Linking thiol regulation to metabolic and developmental pathways
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