scholarly journals The Multiple Roles of Ascorbate in the Abiotic Stress Response of Plants: Antioxidant, Cofactor, and Regulator

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minggang Xiao ◽  
Zixuan Li ◽  
Li Zhu ◽  
Jiayi Wang ◽  
Bo Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Abiotic Stress ◽  
Stress Response ◽  
Stress Tolerance ◽  
Plant Stress ◽  
Multiple Roles ◽  
Abiotic Stress Response ◽  
Plant Stress Response ◽  
Plant Stress Tolerance ◽  
Plant Abiotic Stress

Ascorbate (ASC) plays a critical role in plant stress response. The antioxidant role of ASC has been well-studied, but there are still several confusing questions about the function of ASC in plant abiotic stress response. ASC can scavenge reactive oxygen species (ROS) and should be helpful for plant stress tolerance. But in some cases, increasing ASC content impairs plant abiotic stress tolerance, whereas, inhibiting ASC synthesis or regeneration enhances plant stress tolerance. This confusing phenomenon indicates that ASC may have multiple roles in plant abiotic stress response not just as an antioxidant, though many studies more or less ignored other roles of ASC in plant. In fact, ACS also can act as the cofactor of some enzymes, which are involved in the synthesis, metabolism, and modification of a variety of substances, which has important effects on plant stress response. In addition, ASC can monitor and effectively regulate cell redox status. Therefore, we believe that ASC has atleast triple roles in plant abiotic stress response: as the antioxidant to scavenge accumulated ROS, as the cofactor to involve in plant metabolism, or as the regulator to coordinate the actions of various signal pathways under abiotic stress. The role of ASC in plant abiotic stress response is important and complex. The detail role of ASC in plant abiotic stress response should be analyzed according to specific physiological process in specific organ. In this review, we discuss the versatile roles of ASC in the response of plants to abiotic stresses.

scholarly journals The Role of Triacylglycerol in Plant Stress Response

Plants ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 472 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junhao Lu ◽  
Yang Xu ◽  
Juli Wang ◽  
Stacy D. Singer ◽  
Guanqun Chen
Keyword(s):  
Abiotic Stress ◽  
Stress Response ◽  
Binding Sites ◽  
Lipid Droplets ◽  
Plant Stress ◽  
Membrane Damage ◽  
Membrane Lipid ◽  
Plant Stress Response ◽  
Different Types

Vegetable oil is mainly composed of triacylglycerol (TAG), a storage lipid that serves as a major commodity for food and industrial purposes, as well as an alternative biofuel source. While TAG is typically not produced at significant levels in vegetative tissues, emerging evidence suggests that its accumulation in such tissues may provide one mechanism by which plants cope with abiotic stress. Different types of abiotic stress induce lipid remodeling through the action of specific lipases, which results in various alterations in membrane lipid composition. This response induces the formation of toxic lipid intermediates that cause membrane damage or cell death. However, increased levels of TAG under stress conditions are believed to function, at least in part, as a means of sequestering these toxic lipid intermediates. Moreover, the lipid droplets (LDs) in which TAG is enclosed also function as a subcellular factory to provide binding sites and substrates for the biosynthesis of bioactive compounds that protect against insects and fungi. Though our knowledge concerning the role of TAG in stress tolerance is expanding, many gaps in our understanding of the mechanisms driving these processes are still evident. In this review, we highlight progress that has been made to decipher the role of TAG in plant stress response, and we discuss possible ways in which this information could be utilized to improve crops in the future.

scholarly journals Emerging Roles of γ Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) Gated Channels in Plant Stress Tolerance

Plants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 2178
Author(s):  
Mona Kaspal ◽  
Madhuka H. Kanapaddalagamage ◽  
Sunita A. Ramesh
Keyword(s):  
Abiotic Stress ◽  
Stress Tolerance ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Plant Stress ◽  
Aminobutyric Acid ◽  
Anion Channels ◽  
Plant Growth And Development ◽  
Gaba Binding ◽  
Plant Stress Tolerance

The signaling role for γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) has been documented in animals for over seven decades. However, a signaling role for GABA in plants is just beginning to emerge with the discovery of putative GABA binding site/s and GABA regulation of anion channels. In this review, we explore the role of GABA in plant growth and development under abiotic stress, its interactions with other signaling molecules and the probability that there are other anion channels with important roles in stress tolerance that are gated by GABA.

Emerging Role of Polyamines in Plant Stress Tolerance

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (11) ◽  
pp. 1114-1123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anjali Khajuria ◽  
Nandni Sharma ◽  
Renu Bhardwaj ◽  
Puja Ohri
Keyword(s):  
Stress Tolerance ◽  
Plant Stress ◽  
Plant Stress Tolerance

Role of Nitric Oxide in Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance

2020 ◽  
pp. 131-154
Author(s):  
Gábor Feigl ◽  
Árpád Molnár ◽  
Dóra Oláh ◽  
Zsuzsanna Kolbert
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Abiotic Stress ◽  
Stress Tolerance ◽  
Abiotic Stress Tolerance ◽  
Plant Abiotic Stress

scholarly journals Osmolytes: Proline metabolism in plants as sensors of abiotic stress

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 2079-2092 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashu Singh ◽  
Manoj Kumar Sharma ◽  
R. S. Sengar
Keyword(s):  
Stress Tolerance ◽  
Large Range ◽  
Plant Stress ◽  
Proline Accumulation ◽  
Metal Chelator ◽  
Low Concentrations ◽  
Plant Stress Tolerance ◽  
Higher Doses ◽  
Research Pattern

Proline accumulation occurs in a large range of plant species in retaliation to the numerous abiotic stresses. An exclusive research pattern suggests there is a pragmatic relation between proline accumulation and plant stress tolerance. In this review, we will discuss the metabolism of proline accumulation and its role in stress tolerance in plants. Pertaining to the literature cited clearly indicates that not only does it acts as an osmolyte, it also plays important roles during stress as a metal chelator and an antioxidative defence molecule. Moreover, when applied exogenously at low concentrations, proline enhanced stress tolerance in plants. However, some reports point out adverse effects of proline when applied at higher doses. Role of proline gene in seed germination, flowering and other developmental programmes; thus creation of transgene overexpressing this gene would provide better and robust plants. In this context this review gives a detailed account of different proline gene over-expressed in all the trans-genic crops so far.

Role of plant heat-shock proteins and molecular chaperones in the abiotic stress response

2004 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 244-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wangxia Wang ◽  
Basia Vinocur ◽  
Oded Shoseyov ◽  
Arie Altman
Keyword(s):  
Abiotic Stress ◽  
Stress Response ◽  
Heat Shock ◽  
Heat Shock Proteins ◽  
Molecular Chaperones ◽  
Abiotic Stress Response ◽  
Shock Proteins

Recent understanding on molecular mechanisms of plant abiotic stress response and tolerance.

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Onaga ◽  
Kerstin Wydra
Keyword(s):  
Abiotic Stress ◽  
Stress Response ◽  
Abiotic Stresses ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Abiotic Stress Response ◽  
Molecular Components ◽  
Plant Abiotic Stress

Abstract This chapter provides an overview of the recent significant perspectives on molecules involved in response and tolerance to drought and salinity, the 2 major abiotic stresses affecting crop production, and highlights major molecular components identified in major cereals.

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