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    Nitric oxide regulates mitochondrial biogenesis in plants
    (John Wiley & Sons, 2023) Kumari, Aprajita; Kaladhar, Vemula Chandra; Yadav, Nidhi; Singh, Pooja; Reddy, Kishorekumar; Gupta, Kapuganti Jagadis
    The site of nitric oxide (NO) production in mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase and the role of NO in mitochondrial biogenesis are not known in plants. By imposing osmotic stress and recovery on Arabidopsis seedlings we investigated the site of NO production and its role in mitochondrial biogenesis. Osmotic stress reduced growth and mitochondrial number while increasing NO production. During the recovery phase the mitochondrial number increased and this increase was higher in wild type and the high NO-producing Pgb1 silencing line in comparison to the NO-deficient nitrate reductase double mutant (nia1/nia2). Application of nitrite stimulated NO production and mitochondrial number in the nia1/nia2 mutant. Osmotic stress induced COX6b−3 and COA6-L genes encoding subunits of COX. The mutants cox6b-3 and coa6-l were impaired both in NO production and mitochondrial number during stress to recovery suggesting the involvement of these subunits in nitrite-dependent NO production. Transcripts encoding the mitochondrial protein import machinery showed reduced expression in cox6b-3 and coa6-l mutants. Finally, COX6b-3 and COA6-L interacted with the VQ27 motif-containing protein in the presence of NO. The vq27 mutant was impaired in mitochondrial biogenesis. Our results suggest the involvement of COX derived NO in mitochondrial biogenesis.
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    Nitric oxide regulation of plant metabolism
    (Elsevier B.V., 2022) Gupta, Kapuganti Jagadis; Kaladhar, Vemula Chandra; Fitzpatrick, Teresa B; Fernie, Alisdair R; Møller, Ian Max; Loake, Gary J
    Nitric oxide (NO) has emerged as an important signal molecule in plants, having myriad roles in plant development. In addition, NO also orchestrates both biotic and abiotic stress responses, during which intensive cellular metabolic reprogramming occurs. Integral to these response is the location of NO biosynthetic and scavenging pathways in diverse cellular compartments, enabling plants to effectively organize signal transduction pathways. NO regulates plant metabolism and in turn, metabolic pathways reciprocally regulate NO accumulation and function. Thus, these diverse cellular processes are inextricably linked. This review addresses the numerous redox pathways, located in the various subcellular compartments, which produce NO, in addition to the mechanisms underpinning NO scavenging. We focus on how this molecular dance is integrated into the metabolic state of the cell. Within this context, a reciprocal relationship between NO accumulation and metabolite production is often apparent. We additionally showcase cellular pathways including those associated with nitrate reduction that provide evidence for this integration of NO function and metabolism. Finally, we discuss the potential importance of the biochemical reactions governing NO levels in determining plant responses to a changing environment.