Exogenous ornithine is an effective precursor and the δ-ornithine amino transferase pathway contributes to proline accumulation under high N recycling in salt-stressed cashew leaves

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-49

  da Rocha, Iza Marineves Almeida ^a   Vitorello, Victor Alexandre ^c   Silva, Jamille Santos ^a   Ferreira Silva, Sérgio Luiz ^b   Viégas, Ricardo Almeida ^d   Silva, Evandro Nascimento ^a   Silveira, Joaquim Albenisio Gomes ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anacardium occidentale; Nitrogen assimilation; Osmo solutes; Osmotic adjustment; Proline pathway enzymes

Indexed keywords

DELTA 1 PYRROLINE 5 CARBOXYLATE REDUCTASE; DELTA-1-PYRROLINE-5-CARBOXYLATE REDUCTASE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE (NADH); GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; NITROGEN; ORNITHINE; ORNITHINE OXOACID AMINOTRANSFERASE; PROLINE; PYRROLINE 5 CARBOXYLATE REDUCTASE;

ANACARDIUM; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ASSAY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SALINITY; SALT TOLERANCE;

ANACARDIUM; ENZYME ASSAYS; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE (NADH); GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATES; NAD; NITROGEN; ORNITHINE; ORNITHINE-OXO-ACID TRANSAMINASE; PLANT LEAVES; PROLINE; PYRROLINE CARBOXYLATE REDUCTASES; SALINITY; SALT-TOLERANCE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE;

EID: 83355169611     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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