Overcoming ammonium toxicity

A Bittsánszky, K Pilinszky, G Gyulai, T Komives - Plant Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Ammonia (ammonium ion under physiological conditions) is one of the key nitrogen sources
in cellular amino acid biosynthesis. It is continuously produced in living organisms by a …

How biology handles nitrite

LB Maia, JJG Moura - Chemical Reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Nitrite is one of the players in the broad nitrogen biogeochemical cycle. This nitrogen oxo-
anion is involved in key pathways crucial to life on Earth and to the planetary “recycling” of …

Present knowledge and controversies, deficiencies, and misconceptions on nitric oxide synthesis, sensing, and signaling in plants

J León, Á Costa‐Broseta - Plant, Cell & Environment, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
After 30 years of intensive work, nitric oxide (NO) has just started to be characterized as a
relevant regulatory molecule on plant development and responses to stress. Its reactivity as …

Neuroglobin: From structure to function in health and disease

P Ascenzi, A di Masi, L Leboffe, M Fiocchetti… - Molecular aspects of …, 2016 - Elsevier
In 2000, the third member of the globin family was discovered in human and mouse brain
and named neuroglobin (Ngb). Ngb is a monomeric 3/3 globin structurally similar to …

Plant hemoglobins: a journey from unicellular green algae to vascular plants

M Becana, I Yruela, G Sarath, P Catalán… - New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Globins (Glbs) are widely distributed in archaea, bacteria and eukaryotes. They can be
classified into proteins with 2/2 or 3/3 α‐helical folding around the heme cavity. Both types of …

Hemoglobin: a nitric‐oxide dioxygenase

PR Gardner - Scientifica, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Members of the hemoglobin superfamily efficiently catalyze nitric‐oxide dioxygenation, and
when paired with native electron donors, function as NO dioxygenases (NODs). Indeed, the …

[HTML][HTML] Soil metabolic disturbance drives replant disease (intraspecific negative plant–soil feedback): Insights from an experiment examining soil impacts up to 20 …

C Li, G Chen, X Zhang, N Zou, H Zhang, H Li, P Zhu… - Geoderma, 2024 - Elsevier
Replant diseases (RDs), intraspecific negative plant–soil feedback, often stem from nutrient
deficiency, allelopathy, or pathogen accumulation. However, the RDs of certain crops are …

Structural and (pseudo-) enzymatic properties of neuroglobin: Its possible role in neuroprotection

G De Simone, D Sbardella, F Oddone, A Pesce… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Neuroglobin (Ngb), the third member of the globin family, was discovered in human and
murine brains in 2000. This monomeric globin is structurally similar to myoglobin (Mb) and …

FurA is the master regulator of iron homeostasis and modulates the expression of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis genes in Anabaena sp. PCC 7120

A González, MT Bes, A Valladares… - Environmental …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Knowledge on the regulatory mechanisms controlling iron homeostasis in cyanobacteria is
limited. In A nabaena sp. PCC 7120, the ferric uptake regulator FurA is a constitutive and …

[HTML][HTML] Nitrobindin versus myoglobin: A comparative structural and functional study

G De Simone, A di Masi, A Pasquadibisceglie… - Journal of Inorganic …, 2024 - Elsevier
Most hemoproteins display an all-α-helical fold, showing the classical three on three (3/3)
globin structural arrangement characterized by seven or eight α-helical segments that form a …