Protein tyrosine nitration: A new challenge in plants |
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| Authors: | Francisco J Corpas Mounira Chaki Marina Leterrier Juan B Barroso |
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| Institution: | 1.Departamento de Bioquímica; Biología Celular y Molecular de Plantas; Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ); CSIC; Granada, Spain;2.Grupo de Señalización Molecular y Sistemas Antioxidantes en Plantas; Unidad Asociada al CSIC (EEZ); Área de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular; Universidad de Jaén; Jaén, Spain |
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| Abstract: | Nitric oxide metabolism in plant cells has a relative short history. Nitration is a chemical process which consists of introducing a nitro group (-NO2) into a chemical compound. in biological systems, this process has been found in different molecules such as proteins, lipids and nucleic acids that can affect its function. This mini-review offers an overview of this process with special emphasis on protein tyrosine nitration in plants and its involvement in the process of nitrosative stress. |
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| Keywords: | nitric oxide nitrosative stress 5-nitro-γ -tocopherol nitro-tyrosine nitrolipids peroxynitrite post-translational modifications |
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