Early flower development in Arabidopsis.
- 1 August 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Cell
- Vol. 2 (8) , 755-767
- https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.2.8.755
Abstract
Environmental stimuli such as UV, pathogen attack, and gravity can induce rapid changes in hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) levels, leading to a variety of physiological responses in plants. Catalase, which is involved in the degradation of H2O2 into water and oxygen, is the major H2O2-scavenging enzyme in all aerobic organisms. A close interaction exists between intracellular H2O2 and cytosolic calcium in response to biotic and abiotic stresses. Studies indicate that an increase in cytosolic calcium boosts the generation of H2O2. Here we report that calmodulin (CaM), a ubiquitous calcium-binding protein, binds to and activates some plant catalases in the presence of calcium, but calcium/CaM does not have any effect on bacterial, fungal, bovine, or human catalase. These results document that calcium/CaM can down-regulate H2O2 levels in plants by stimulating the catalytic activity of plant catalase. Furthermore, these results provide evidence indicating that calcium has dual functions in regulating H2O2 homeostasis, which in turn influences redox signaling in response to environmental signals in plants.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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