Nucleotide Metabolism in Plants
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Physiology and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2020) | Viewed by 5950
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nucleotides; ureides; ribonucleases; senescence; germination
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Interests: plant nitrogen metabolism; nucleotide metabolism; ureides; high light acclimation; tocopherols
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nucleotides are crucial compounds for plant metabolism and development, as they are components of nucleic acids, vitamins, and coenzymes and are important as energy donors, and extracellular ATP acts as a signaling molecule. In animals, nucleotide metabolism has been widely studied due to its medical applications. Nevertheless, much less is known about its metabolism in plants.
Nucleotide metabolism can be divided into three parts: de novo synthesis, salvage of nucleosides and nucleobases, and catabolism of purines and pyrimidines. In plant tissues, nucleic acid could be a source for the salvage pathway, since nucleic acids are relatively abundant molecules. Purine metabolism has an additional role as a precursor of ureides, compounds involved in nitrogen transport in some legumes. In addition, a role in the response to abiotic stresses has been associated to purine degradation metabolites in plants. In addition, nucleotide, nucleoside, and nucleobases transport along subcellular compartments and between organs is an essential process in all living organisms. Despite its important contribution to plant metabolism, many aspects of nucleotide metabolism in plants are still poorly understood, perhaps because of the complexity of the multiple biochemical reactions involved in all nucleotide metabolism.
This Special Issue will focus on all these aspects of nucleotide metabolism, including de novo synthesis, salvage, catabolism, and transport. Original research papers, reviews, and perspectives are welcome.
Dr. Pedro Piedras
Dr. Gregorio Gálvez-Valdivieso
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nucleotides, nucleosides, and nucleobases
- De novo synthesis of purine or pyrimidines
- nucleotide salvage pathways
- purine or pyrimidine catabolism
- nucleotides as signaling molecules
- nucleotide, nucleoside or nucleobase transport
