STRESS RESPONSES - Cyanobacteria - page 606

C HAPTER 110 C HAPTER

STRESS RESPONSES

I. SALT STRESS 612

i) Biochemical and physiological studies
ii) Compatible solutes
iii) Na + /H + antiporters
iv) Gene level responses
v) Genome- and proteome-based studies
vi) Salt intake and cell signalling
vii) Common stress mechanisms
II. TEMPERATURE STRESS 640

A) Cold shock
B) Heat shock
III. OXIDATIVE STRESS 676

A) Superoxide dismutases (SODs; EC 1.15.1.1)

B) Monofunctional catalases (EC 1.11.1.6)

C) Bifunctional catalase-peroxidases (KatGs; EC 1.11.1.7)

D) Peroxiredoxins (Prxs; EC 1.11.1.15)

E) Thioredoxins (Trxs)

F) Glutathione (GSH)

G) Glutaredoxins (Grxs)

H) Iron defi ciency and oxidative stress

I) Salinity and oxidative stress