Alternative oxidase: a mitochondrial respiratory pathway to maintain metabolic and signaling homeostasis during abiotic and biotic stress in plants

GC Vanlerberghe - International journal of molecular sciences, 2013 - mdpi.com
Alternative oxidase (AOX) is a non-energy conserving terminal oxidase in the plant
mitochondrial electron transport chain. While respiratory carbon oxidation pathways …

Photosynthesis, respiration and growth: A carbon and energy balancing act for alternative oxidase

GC Vanlerberghe, K Dahal, NA Alber, A Chadee - Mitochondrion, 2020 - Elsevier
This review summarizes knowledge of alternative oxidase, a mitochondrial electron
transport chain component that lowers the ATP yield of plant respiration. Analysis of mutant …

An in vivo perspective of the role (s) of the alternative oxidase pathway

NF Del-Saz, M Ribas-Carbo, AE McDonald… - Trends in Plant …, 2018 - cell.com
Despite intense research on the in vitro characterization of regulatory factors modulating the
alternative oxidase (AOX) pathway, the regulation of its activity in vivo is still not fully …

Redox homeostasis in photosynthetic organisms: novel and established thiol-based molecular mechanisms

M Zaffagnini, S Fermani, CH Marchand… - Antioxidants & Redox …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Significance: Redox homeostasis consists of an intricate network of reactions in which
reactive molecular species, redox modifications, and redox proteins act in concert to allow …

Opportunities for improving leaf water use efficiency under climate change conditions

J Gago, C Douthe, I Florez-Sarasa, JM Escalona… - Plant Science, 2014 - Elsevier
WUEi (intrinsic water use efficiency) is a complex (multi)-trait, that depends on several
physiological processes, driving plant productivity and its relation with a changing …

Alternative oxidase respiration maintains both mitochondrial and chloroplast function during drought

K Dahal, GC Vanlerberghe - New Phytologist, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The mitochondrial electron transport chain (ETC) terminates at cytochrome (cyt) oxidase or
alternative oxidase (AOX). In Nicotiana tabacum leaves, mitochondrial respiration in the light …

Alternative oxidase: a respiratory electron transport chain pathway essential for maintaining photosynthetic performance during drought stress

GC Vanlerberghe, GD Martyn… - Physiologia Plantarum, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Photosynthesis and respiration are the hubs of energy metabolism in plants. Drought
strongly perturbs photosynthesis as a result of both diffusive limitations resulting from …

Mitochondrial alternative oxidase pathway protects plants against photoinhibition by alleviating inhibition of the repair of photodamaged PSII through preventing …

LT Zhang, ZS Zhang, HY Gao, ZC Xue… - Physiologia …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this study was to explore how the mitochondrial AOX (alternative oxidase)
pathway alleviates photoinhibition in Rumex K‐1 leaves. Inhibition of the AOX pathway …

Alternative oxidase isoforms are differentially activated by tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates

J Selinski, A Hartmann, G Deckers-Hebestreit… - Plant …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The cyanide-insensitive alternative oxidase (AOX) is a non-proton-pumping ubiquinol
oxidase that catalyzes the reduction of oxygen to water and is posttranslationally regulated …

Mitochondrial Alternative Oxidase Maintains Respiration and Preserves Photosynthetic Capacity during Moderate Drought in Nicotiana tabacum

K Dahal, J Wang, GD Martyn, F Rahimy… - Plant …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The mitochondrial electron transport chain includes an alternative oxidase (AOX) that is
hypothesized to aid photosynthetic metabolism, perhaps by acting as an additional electron …