Open AccessMethanol induces cytosolic calcium variations, membrane depolarization and ethylene production in arabidopsis and tobacco
Author(s) -
Daniel Tran,
Aurélien Dauphin,
Patrice Meimoun,
Takashi Kadono,
Hieu T H Nguyen,
Delphine Arbelet-Bonnin,
Tingting Zhao,
Rafik Errakhi,
Arnaud Lehner,
Tomonori Kawano,
François Bouteau
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
annals of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 1095-8290
pISSN - 0305-7364
DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcy038
Subject(s) - biology , depolarization , arabidopsis , calcium , cytosol , ethylene , microbiology and biotechnology , biophysics , botany , biochemistry , gene , materials science , enzyme , mutant , catalysis , metallurgy
Methanol is a volatile organic compound released from plants through the action of pectin methylesterases (PMEs), which demethylesterify cell wall pectins. Plant PMEs play a role in developmental processes but also in responses to herbivory and infection by fungal or bacterial pathogens. However, molecular mechanisms that explain how methanol could affect plant defences remain poorly understood.
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