High ethylene (ET) synthesis observed under stress conditions produces stoichiometric amounts of CN−and CO2. Normally, plant tissues have ample capacity to detoxify the cytosolic CN??−?to β-cyanoalanine by the action of β-cyanoalanine synthase (β-CAS), mainly present in the mitochondrial fraction.
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Santangelo, E., Marabottini, R., Antonelli, M.G., Badiani, M., Pasqualini, S., Soressi, G.P. (2007). The autonecrosis triggered by Cf-2/Rcr3esc interaction in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) involves an ethylene burst and the enzymatic machinery protecting the respiratory apparatus of mitochondria. In: Ramina, A., Chang, C., Giovannoni, J., Klee, H., Perata, P., Woltering, E. (eds) Advances in Plant Ethylene Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6014-4_83
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