Abstract
Plants interact with sulfur in two different ways. As a macronutrient sulfur is needed for growth and development; at the same time, sulfur is an important substrate and reductant during various forms of stresses mediated by the abiotic environment. The use of sulfur compounds as substrate and/or reductant in compensation reactions of abiotic stresses including oxidative stress, heavy metal and xenobiotic exposure is discussed with special emphasis on the S-containing tri-peptide glutathione (GSH). The examples shown indicate that individual components of S metabolism are involved in different processes of abiotic stress compen‑sation. In the present review the current knowledge of GSH (i) as reductant in the compensation of oxidative stress, (ii) as reductant as well as a substrate in redox reactions, (iii) its direct and indirect involvement in posttranscriptional modification reactions, and (iv) its constitution as a substrate for chelating heavy metals and for conjugation of xenobiotic is discussed. Competition with plant development and growth is also considered.
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Rennenberg, H., Herschbach, C. (2012). Sulfur Compounds in Multiple Compensation Reactions of Abiotic Stress Responses. In: De Kok, L., et al. Sulfur Metabolism in Plants. Proceedings of the International Plant Sulfur Workshop, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4450-9_25
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