Dear Readers!
Now, I am writing about a new observation regarding the plant nitric oxide synthase (NOS).
The biosynthesis is a very exciting field of NO research since we have quite few information about it in higher plants.
Now, you can read the most recent development in this field, the expression of Ostreoccoccus tauri NOS gene in Arabidopsis.
Here, you can see this globally abundant, single-celled green algae:
Here you can find the full paper:
- Generation of transgenic Arabidopsis plants expressing OtNOS
- Expression of OtNOS in Arabidopsis results in increased NO concentration. Tetrahydrofolate is an efficient cofactor of OtNOS.
- Transgenic plants expressing OtNOS display enhanced germination rates
- OtNOS expression improves shoot and root development under NaCl stress and ABA treatments
- Plants expressing OtNOS exhibit increased tolerance to oxidative stress
- OtNOS expression increases the stomatal index and improves drought tolerance
