Physiological functions of mineral micronutrients (cu, Zn, Mn, Fe, Ni, Mo, B, cl)

R Hänsch, RR Mendel - Current opinion in plant biology, 2009 - Elsevier
Micronutrients are involved in all metabolic and cellular functions. Plants differ in their need
for micronutrients, and we will focus here only on those elements that are generally …

Redox regulation of the Calvin–Benson cycle: something old, something new

L Michelet, M Zaffagnini, S Morisse, F Sparla… - Frontiers in plant …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Reversible redox post-translational modifications such as oxido-reduction of disulfide bonds,
S-nitrosylation, and S-glutathionylation, play a prominent role in the regulation of cell …

Selenium nanoparticles ameliorate Brassica napus L. cadmium toxicity by inhibiting the respiratory burst and scavenging reactive oxygen species

WY Qi, Q Li, H Chen, J Liu, SF **ng, M Xu, Z Yan… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cadmium (Cd) is a widely distributed soil contaminant which induces oxidative damage and
is therefore toxic to plants. Although selenium oxyanions such as selenite (SeO 3 2-) and …

Structural adaptations of photosynthetic complex I enable ferredoxin-dependent electron transfer

JM Schuller, JA Birrell, H Tanaka, T Konuma… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Photosynthetic complex I enables cyclic electron flow around photosystem I, a regulatory
mechanism for photosynthetic energy conversion. We report a 3.3-angstrom-resolution cryo …

Methanogenic heterodisulfide reductase (HdrABC-MvhAGD) uses two noncubane [4Fe-4S] clusters for reduction

T Wagner, J Koch, U Ermler, S Shima - Science, 2017 - science.org
In methanogenic archaea, the carbon dioxide (CO2) fixation and methane-forming steps are
linked through the heterodisulfide reductase (HdrABC)–[NiFe]-hydrogenase (MvhAGD) …

Plant type ferredoxins and ferredoxin‐dependent metabolism

GUY Hanke, P Mulo - Plant, cell & environment, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Ferredoxin (Fd) is a small [2Fe‐2S] cluster‐containing protein found in all organisms
performing oxygenic photosynthesis. Fd is the first soluble acceptor of electrons on the …

Structure of the complex I-like molecule NDH of oxygenic photosynthesis

TG Laughlin, AN Bayne, JF Trempe, DF Savage… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Cyclic electron flow around photosystem I (PSI) is a mechanism by which photosynthetic
organisms balance the levels of ATP and NADPH necessary for efficient photosynthesis …

The ferredoxin/thioredoxin system of oxygenic photosynthesis

P Schürmann, BB Buchanan - Antioxidants & redox signaling, 2008 - liebertpub.com
Forty years ago, ferredoxin (Fdx) was shown to activate fructose 1, 6-bisphosphatase in
illuminated chloroplast preparations, thereby laying the foundation for the field now known …

Evolution of the thioredoxin system as a step enabling adaptation to oxidative stress

M Balsera, BB Buchanan - Free radical biology and medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Thioredoxins (Trxs) are low-molecular-weight proteins that participate in the reduction of
target enzymes. Trxs contain a redox-active disulfide bond, in the form of a WCGPC amino …

Iron–sulfur protein folds, iron–sulfur chemistry, and evolution

J Meyer - JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2008 - Springer
An inventory of unique local protein folds around Fe–S clusters has been derived from the
analysis of protein structure databases. Nearly 50 such folds have been identified, and over …