The special respiration in plants: ¿inefficient or safeguard against stress?

Authors

  • Néstor Fernández del Saz Grup de Recerca en Biologia de les Plantes en Condicions Mediterranies, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma, Spain
  • Miquel Ribas Carbó Grup de Recerca en Biologia de les Plantes en Condicions Mediterranies, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma, Spain
  • Igor Florez Sarasa Centro de Investigación en Agrigenómica CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24310/enbio.17.188.2025.18114

Keywords:

respiration, alternative oxidase, oxidative stress, climate change

Abstract

Cellular respiration is a complex trait that provides vitality to all organisms, and that is tightly linked to metabolism and oxidative stress. Plants possess an alternative respiration that decreases the energetic efficiency of respiration but confers metabolic flexibility allowing plants to respond under unfavourable situations. This brings new perspectives into the study of this vital process for the benefit of plant productivity under climate change.

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2025-02-18 — Updated on 2025-02-18

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The special respiration in plants: ¿inefficient or safeguard against stress?. (2025). Encuentros En La Biología, 17(188). https://doi.org/10.24310/enbio.17.188.2025.18114