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Photooxidative <strong>Stress</strong><br />

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disproportionate production <strong>of</strong> oxygen free radicals in plant cells under excess growth<br />

light regimes. Superoxide is capable <strong>of</strong> both oxidation <strong>and</strong> reduction. It can also react<br />

to produce several other reactive species. An enzyme, superoxide dismutase<br />

(SOD), present in the chloroplast matrix <strong>and</strong> in the thylakoid membrane dismutates<br />

superoxide to H 2<br />

O 2<br />

, particularly at low pH.<br />

Figure 1. Formation <strong>of</strong> reactive oxygen species from dioxygen<br />

H 2<br />

O 2<br />

is not a free radical, but participates as an oxidant or reductant in several cellular<br />

metabolic processes. H 2<br />

O 2<br />

is also produced in peroxisomes during photorespiration.<br />

When both superoxide <strong>and</strong> H 2<br />

O 2<br />

are present at the same time a reaction catalyzed by<br />

transition metal ions, like iron <strong>and</strong> copper, favours the formation <strong>of</strong> toxic hydroxyl<br />

radical as shown in the following reaction known as Haber-Weiss reaction.

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