THB1, a truncated hemoglobin, modulates nitric oxide levels and nitrate reductase activity

Plant Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 467-479

  Sanz Luque, Emanuel ^a   Ocaña Calahorro, Francisco ^a   De Montaigu, Amaury ^b   Chamizo Ampudia, Alejandro ^a   Llamas, Ángel ^a   Galván, Aurora ^a   Fernández, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; NIT2; nitrate reductase; nitric oxide; nitrogen metabolism; truncated hemoglobin

Indexed keywords

CELL SIGNALING; DETOXIFICATION; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION;

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; NIT2; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; TRUNCATED HEMOGLOBINS;

HEMOGLOBIN;

CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA;

ALGAL PROTEIN; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRIC OXIDE; TRUNCATED HEMOGLOBIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALGAL PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; TRUNCATED HEMOGLOBINS;

EID: 84921507527     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12744     Document Type: Article

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