Characterisation of Nitric Oxide Synthase in Three Cnidarian-Dinoflagellate Symbioses
Helena Safavi-Hemami, Neil D. Young, Jason Doyle et al. · 2010
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Helena Safavi-Hemami and co-workers described a key enzyme in sea anemone partnerships for PLOS ONE in 2010. Many anemones host algae inside their cells, a partnership called symbiosis. The enzyme studied, nitric oxide synthase, makes nitric oxide, a messenger gas used in many body processes. Its role in sea animals like these was poorly known. The team characterized it across three such partnerships.
Finding how the enzyme is built and where it acts is a first step. Nitric oxide may help partners talk to each other chemically. It could also respond when the partnership is stressed, as in coral bleaching. Reef partnerships are vital and fragile. Basic enzyme work like this underpins later efforts to protect them.
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| CREATOR | Helena Safavi-Hemami, Neil D. Young, Jason Doyle et al. |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2010 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 21 KB |
| LICENSE | Creative Commons Attribution License |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | PLOS ONE |
Source: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0010379