Nature Communications (Aug 2019)

GSNOR provides plant tolerance to iron toxicity via preventing iron-dependent nitrosative and oxidative cytotoxicity

  • Baohai Li,
  • Li Sun,
  • Jianyan Huang,
  • Christian Göschl,
  • Weiming Shi,
  • Joanne Chory,
  • Wolfgang Busch

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11892-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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How plants deal with iron toxicity is still unclear. Here, the authors reveal that S-nitrosoglutathione-reductase (GSNOR) provides tolerance to iron toxicity by preventing iron-dependent nitrosative and oxidative cytotoxicity in Arabidopsis, legumes, and rice.