ARENAS ALFONSECA , Lucía

El cianuro es una molécula tóxica que se produce estequiométricamente en la ruta de biosíntesis del etileno. En Arabidopsis thaliana, el cianuro es eliminado mayoritariamente por la enzima mitocondrial β-cianoalanina sintasa (CAS-C1). El análisis molecular y fenotípico de los mutantes por inserción de T-DNA de CAS-C1 realizado previamente por...

In Arabidopsis thaliana, cyanide is produced concomitantly with ethylene biosynthesis and is mainly detoxified by the ß-cyanoalanine synthase CAS-C1. In roots, CAS-C1 activity is essential to maintain a low level of cyanide for proper root hair development. Root hair elongation relies on polarized cell expansion at the growing tip, and we have...

Hydrogen cyanide (HCN) is coproduced with ethylene in plant cells and is primarily enzymatically detoxified by the mitochondrial β-CYANOALANINE SYNTHASE (CAS-C1). Permanent or transient depletion of CAS-C1 activity in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) results in physiological alterations in the plant that suggest that HCN acts as a...

Two cysteine metabolism-related molecules, hydrogen sulfide and hydrogen cyanide, which are considered toxic, have now been considered as signaling molecules. Hydrogen sulfide is produced in chloroplasts through the activity of sulfite reductase and in the cytosol and mitochondria by the action of sulfide-generating enzymes, and...