LEGHEMOGLOBIN AND ITS ROLE IN REGULATION OF OXYGEN CONCENTRATION IN NITROGEN-FIXING LEGUME NODULES

Authors
TOPUNOV AF
Citation
Af. Topunov, LEGHEMOGLOBIN AND ITS ROLE IN REGULATION OF OXYGEN CONCENTRATION IN NITROGEN-FIXING LEGUME NODULES, Biochemistry, 60(1), 1995, pp. 45-49
Citations number
58
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Biochemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00062979
Volume
60
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
45 - 49
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-2979(1995)60:1<45:LAIRIR>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The properties and role of leghemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying hemoprot ein of legume nodules and an indispensable component of the symbiotic nitrogen-fixing system leguminous plant-rhizobial microsymbiont, are r eviewed. It is concluded that leghemoglobin not only supplies oxygen t o bacteroids, but also is a part of system regulating oxygen concentra tion in the infected nodule cells.