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. 2016 Sep 27;7:1299. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01299

Table 1.

Various sites of ROS production and their role in growth and development of plants.

Sources Cellular localization Developmental process Reference
ROS
O2•– and H2O2 Electron transport chain Mitochondria Seed germination Moller, 2001; Noctor et al., 2007
O2•– and H2O2 Fatty acid oxidation Glyoxysome Seed germination Huang et al., 1983
H2O2 NADPH oxidase Plasma membrane Seed germination Ishibashi et al., 2010
H2O2 Peroxisome Seed germination Palma et al., 2009
O2•– and H2O2 NADPH oxidase Plasma membrane Root growth and root hair development Foreman et al., 2003
H2O2 and O2•– NADPH Oxidases Plasma membrane Pollen tubes growth Cárdenas et al., 2006
H2O2 Class III peroxidases Cell wall Leaf development Lu et al., 2014
dPCD
O2•– and H2O2 Electron transport Chain, NADPH oxidase Mitochondria, Plasma membrane Self-incompatibility in pollen Wang and Zhang, 2011; Wang et al., 2013
O2•– and H2O2 NADPH oxidase Plasma membrane Synergid cells dPCD Duan et al., 2010, 2014
H2O2 NADPH oxidase Plasma membrane Tapetal dPCD Xie et al., 2014
O2•– and H2O2 NADPH oxidase Plasma membrane Formation of lysigenous aerenchyma Rajhi et al., 2011
H2O2 NADPH oxidase Plasma membrane Secondary wall formation (lignification) Potikha et al., 1999
H2O2 Electron transport chain Chloroplast Leaf senescence Chen et al., 2012
H2O2 Peroxisome Leaf senescence Palma et al., 2009