African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12487

Review

Polyamines, peroxidase and proteins involved in the senescence process

Marcos Ribeiro da Silva Vieira1* Fernando Jose Freire², Damiana Cleuma de Medeiros1 Fabiana Bezerra Moura1, Thialla Laranjeira Amorim1 and Adriano Nascimento dos Simões1
1Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Unidade Acadêmica de Serra Talhada, CEP: 59909-460, Serra Talhada, PE, Brasil. 2Departamento de Agronomia, CEP: 52171-900, Recife, PE, Brasil. 3Instituição: UFRN - Unidade Acadêmica Especializada em Ciências Agrárias, Departamento de Agropecuária, Macaíba, RN, Brasil.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 13 March 2013
  •  Published: 03 April 2013

Abstract

 

Senescence is the natural aging process at the cellular level or range of phenomena associated with this process. The objective of this review was to show the involvement of substances that may be related to senescence in plants, such as polyamines, peroxidase and proteins. These substances were related with the terminal stages of development of various plant organs (leaves, flowers, roots).

 

Key words:  Flowers, putrescine, spermidine, spermine, reactive oxygen species.

Abbreviation

PAs, Polyamines; PUT, putrescine; SPD, spermidine; SPM,spermine; SAM, decarboxylated S-adenosyl methionine; ACC, oxidase of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid; ADC, arginine decarboxylase activity; SAMDC,SAM decarboxylase; ROS, reactive oxygen species; POD, peroxidase; HR,hypersensitive response, IAA, indole-3-acetic acid; PCD, programmed cell death.