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Polyamines and nitric oxide crosstalk in plant development and abiotic stress tolerance

Durgesh K. Tripathi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9044-3144 A * , Javaid A. Bhat https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9136-6275 B , Parvaiz Ahmad https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2734-4180 C and Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0452-232X D *
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A Crop Nanobiology and Molecular Stress Physiology Lab, Amity Institute of Organic Agriculture (AIOA), Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.

B International Genome Center, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, PR China.

C Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.

D K.A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Botanicheskaya Street 35, Moscow 127276, Russian Federation.

Functional Plant Biology 50(2) i-iv https://doi.org/10.1071/FP22170
Published: 3 February 2023

© 2023 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing

Abstract

Polyamines (PAs) and nitric oxide (NO) are crucial signalling molecules that exhibit a promising role in improving stress tolerance in plants, maintaining their growth and development. They act as protecting agents for plants through activation of stress adaptation strategies such as membrane stabilisation, acid neutralisation and suppression of ROS generation. NO interacts with PAs during several developmental processes and stress responses. External supplementation of PAs to plants is also reported to cause an increase in NO content. However, it is unclear whether PAs promote synthesis of NO by either as substrates, cofactors, or signals. Impact of NO on synthesis of PAs has been also reported in some studies, yet the exact governing mechanisms of the interrelation between NO and PAs is currently obscure. Understanding the crosstalk between PAs and NO during growth and stress condition in plants can aid in providing better tolerance to plants against stressful environment.

Keywords: abiotic, biotic, chlorophyll, hydrogen peroxide, lipid peroxidation, nitric oxide, oxidative stress, polyamines, ROS, spermidine, spermine.


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