NAD+ and Pyridine Nucleotides, Central Players in Plant Metabolic and Developmental Acclimation
A special issue of Antioxidants (ISSN 2076-3921). This special issue belongs to the section "Antioxidant Enzyme Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2022) | Viewed by 6949
Special Issue Editor
Interests: primary and secondary plant metabolisms; metabolomics; energy signaling; stress resistance, crop productivity
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In general, many metabolic processes required for plant growth and development are dependent on cofactors such as NAD+ and pyridine nucleotides. They play a central role in major metabolic functions such as photosynthesis, respiration, and nitrogen assimilation. In addition to their redox properties, new roles for these nucleotides as central regulators of plant physiology and biomass production, developmental responses, stress tolerance, and defence responses have been documented, and there is now considerable interest in genes and processes underlying the multiple actions of NAD+ and pyridine nucleotide within the plant cell.
Several studies have shown that stimulation of NAD+ synthesis is associated with better plant productivity and could lead to accelerated senescence. Increased NAD+ levels are linked to enhanced resistance to a diverse range of (a)virulent pathogens via salicylic acid (SA), ethylene, jasmonate, and abscisic (ABA), and a reciprocal regulation between NAD+ metabolism and ABA has been demonstrated under abiotic stress conditions. Thus, the cellular and subcellular availability of NAD+ may prime plant growth and development to changing environmental conditions, abiotic stress resistance, and immunity.
This Special Issue will address recent advances in our understanding of the actions of NAD+ and pyridine nucleotides in metabolic, hormonal, and organellar retrograde signalling that allow plants to grow, to tolerate abiotic stresses, to enhance their immunity, and to adapt their development accordingly.
Dr. Bertrand Gakière
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- NAD+: nicotinamide dinucleotide
- NADP+: nicotinamide dinucleotide phosphate
- energy and metabolic signaling
- plant hormones
- acclimation
- crop performance
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