Sugar sensing and signalling networks in plants

2005 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 269-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Rolland ◽  
J. Sheen
Keyword(s):  
Plant Growth ◽  
Complex Network ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Glucose Sensor ◽  
Control Plant ◽  
Signalling Pathways ◽  
Plant Growth And Development ◽  
Sugar Signalling ◽  
Evolutionarily Conserved ◽  
Hormone Signalling

Plant sugar signalling operates in a complex network with plant-specific hormone signalling pathways. Hexokinase was identified as an evolutionarily conserved glucose sensor that integrates light, hormone and nutrient signalling to control plant growth and development.

Do peptides control plant growth and development?

1996 ◽  
Vol 1 (12) ◽  
pp. 411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edvins Miklashevichs ◽  
Inge Czaja ◽  
Horst Röhrig ◽  
Jürgen Schmidt ◽  
Michael John ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Growth ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Control Plant ◽  
Plant Growth And Development

scholarly journals Light as a Growth Regulator: Controlling Plant Biology with Narrow-bandwidth Solid-state Lighting Systems

HortScience ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 43 (7) ◽  
pp. 1957-1964 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin M. Folta ◽  
Kayla Shea Childers
Keyword(s):  
Solid State ◽  
Plant Growth ◽  
Growth Regulator ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Control Plant ◽  
Light Condition ◽  
Great Promise ◽  
Plant Growth And Development ◽  
Narrow Bandwidth ◽  
Plant Signal Transduction

In the mission of plant husbandry, light is a critical yet passive entity. The potential to actively implement dynamic lighting strategies to control plant growth and development holds great promise in the future of plant cultivation. In other words, rather than simply using a single stable light condition to maintain photosynthesis, might it be possible to continually adjust fluence rate, wavelength combinations, and photoperiods to actively manipulate plant morphology and production? Research over the past 100 years suggests that it is so, and today's solid-state, narrow bandwidth lighting platforms offer a unique opportunity to test this hypothesis. The goal of this report is to describe the potential use of light as a growth regulator. Here light-emitting diode technology is well suited for the application, because light quantity, quality, photoperiod, and combinations thereof can be controlled with great precision. Specific light combinations may be adjusted throughout the life of a plant to potentially optimize traits of interest such as synchronization of flowering, maintenance of vegetative growth programs, control of plant stature, or acceleration of juvenility. This report describes the plant photosensory networks and how they sense and respond to light. The connection between light and internal hormone stasis is explored and then extended to questions of designing specific regimes to control plant growth and development. The concept of static signaling states is presented as a means to tightly control plant habits, in essence, using light to stabilize plant signal transduction pathways and their associated outcomes. Finally, the concepts presented are applied to the diploid strawberry Fragaria vesca to demonstrate the usefulness of the approach. These experiments provide proof-of-concept and lay a foundation for further studies.

scholarly journals Regulatory roles of sugars in plant growth and development

2018 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Iwona Ciereszko
Keyword(s):  
Plant Growth ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Growth Regulation ◽  
Glucose Sensor ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Plant Tissues ◽  
Plant Growth And Development ◽  
Efficient System ◽  
Metabolic Functions ◽  
Generative Phase

In recent years, several studies have focused on the factors and mechanisms that regulate plant growth and development, as well as the functioning of signaling pathways in plant cells, unraveling the involvement of sugars in the processes regulating such growth and development. Saccharides play an important role in the life of plants: they are structural and storage substances, respiratory substrates, and intermediate metabolites of many biochemical processes. Sucrose is the major transport form of assimilates in plants. Sugars can also play an important role in the defense reactions of plants. However, it has been shown that glucose, sucrose, or trehalose-6-phosphate (Tre6P) can regulate a number of growth and metabolic processes, acting independently of the basal functions; they can also act as signaling molecules. Changes in the concentration, qualitative composition, and transport of sugars occur continuously in plant tissues, during the day and night, as well as during subsequent developmental stages. Plants have developed an efficient system of perception and transmission of signals induced by lower or higher sugar availability. Changes in their concentration affect cell division, germination, vegetative growth, flowering, and aging processes, often independently of the metabolic functions. Currently, the mechanisms of growth regulation in plants, dependent on the access to sugars, are being increasingly recognized. The plant growth stimulating system includes hexokinase (as a glucose sensor), trehalose-6-phosphate, and TOR protein kinase; the lack of Tre6P or TOR kinase inhibits the growth of plants and their transition to the generative phase. It is believed that the plant growth inhibition system consists of SnRK1 protein kinases and C/S1 bZIP transcription factors. The signal transduction routes induced by sugars interact with other pathways in plant tissues (for example, hormonal pathways) creating a complex communication and signaling network in plants that precisely controls plant growth and development.

scholarly journals Autophagy in Plant: A New Orchestrator in the Regulation of the Phytohormones Homeostasis

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (12) ◽  
pp. 2900 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wentao Gou ◽  
Xi Li ◽  
Shaoying Guo ◽  
Yunfeng Liu ◽  
Faqiang Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Growth ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Pivotal Role ◽  
Regulatory Role ◽  
Plant Growth And Development ◽  
Crop Breeding ◽  
Variable Environments ◽  
Evolutionarily Conserved ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Catabolic Process

Autophagy is a highly evolutionarily-conserved catabolic process facilitating the development and survival of organisms which have undergone favorable and/or stressful conditions, in particular the plant. Accumulating evidence has implicated that autophagy is involved in growth and development, as well as responses to various stresses in plant. Similarly, phytohormones also play a pivotal role in the response to various stresses in addition to the plant growth and development. However, the relationship between autophagy and phytohormones still remains poorly understood. Here, we review advances in the crosstalk between them upon various environmental stimuli. We also discuss how autophagy coordinates the phytohormones to regulate plant growth and development. We propose that unraveling the regulatory role(s) of autophagy in modulating the homeostasis of phytohormones would benefit crop breeding and improvement under variable environments, in particular under suboptimal conditions.

scholarly journals Associations between phytohormones and cellulose biosynthesis in land plants

2020 ◽  
Vol 126 (5) ◽  
pp. 807-824
Author(s):  
Liu Wang ◽  
Bret E Hart ◽  
Ghazanfar Abbas Khan ◽  
Edward R Cruz ◽  
Staffan Persson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Plant Growth ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Cortical Microtubule ◽  
Cellulose Synthase ◽  
Current Understanding ◽  
Signalling Pathways ◽  
Cellulose Biosynthesis ◽  
Plant Growth And Development ◽  
Cellulose Deposition

Abstract Background Phytohormones are small molecules that regulate virtually every aspect of plant growth and development, from basic cellular processes, such as cell expansion and division, to whole plant environmental responses. While the phytohormone levels and distribution thus tell the plant how to adjust itself, the corresponding growth alterations are actuated by cell wall modification/synthesis and internal turgor. Plant cell walls are complex polysaccharide-rich extracellular matrixes that surround all plant cells. Among the cell wall components, cellulose is typically the major polysaccharide, and is the load-bearing structure of the walls. Hence, the cell wall distribution of cellulose, which is synthesized by large Cellulose Synthase protein complexes at the cell surface, directs plant growth. Scope Here, we review the relationships between key phytohormone classes and cellulose deposition in plant systems. We present the core signalling pathways associated with each phytohormone and discuss the current understanding of how these signalling pathways impact cellulose biosynthesis with a particular focus on transcriptional and post-translational regulation. Because cortical microtubules underlying the plasma membrane significantly impact the trajectories of Cellulose Synthase Complexes, we also discuss the current understanding of how phytohormone signalling impacts the cortical microtubule array. Conclusion Given the importance of cellulose deposition and phytohormone signalling in plant growth and development, one would expect that there is substantial cross-talk between these processes; however, mechanisms for many of these relationships remain unclear and should be considered as the target of future studies.

scholarly journals Signaling Peptides Regulating Abiotic Stress Responses in Plants

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Sun Kim ◽  
Byeong Wook Jeon ◽  
Jungmook Kim
Keyword(s):  
Abiotic Stress ◽  
Plant Growth ◽  
Signaling Pathways ◽  
Stress Responses ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Control Plant ◽  
Phosphate Deficiency ◽  
Plant Responses ◽  
Plant Growth And Development ◽  
Signaling Peptides

As sessile organisms, plants are exposed to constantly changing environments that are often stressful for their growth and development. To cope with these stresses, plants have evolved complex and sophisticated stress-responsive signaling pathways regulating the expression of transcription factors and biosynthesis of osmolytes that confer tolerance to plants. Signaling peptides acting like phytohormones control various aspects of plant growth and development via cell-cell communication networks. These peptides are typically recognized by membrane-embedded receptor-like kinases, inducing activation of cellular signaling to control plant growth and development. Recent studies have revealed that several signaling peptides play important roles in plant responses to abiotic stress. In this mini review, we provide recent findings on the roles and signaling pathways of peptides that are involved in coordinating plant responses to abiotic stresses, such as dehydration, high salinity, reactive oxygen species, and heat. We also discuss recent developments in signaling peptides that play a role in plant adaptation responses to nutrient deficiency stress, focusing on nitrogen and phosphate deficiency responses.

Mechanisms of ethylene biosynthesis and response in plants

2015 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. 61-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul B. Larsen
Keyword(s):  
Plant Growth ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Ethylene Biosynthesis ◽  
Unsaturated Hydrocarbon ◽  
Flower Senescence ◽  
Detailed Knowledge ◽  
Plant Growth And Development ◽  
Step Process ◽  
Ethylene Response ◽  
Ethylene Signalling

Ethylene is the simplest unsaturated hydrocarbon, yet it has profound effects on plant growth and development, including many agriculturally important phenomena. Analysis of the mechanisms underlying ethylene biosynthesis and signalling have resulted in the elucidation of multistep mechanisms which at first glance appear simple, but in fact represent several levels of control to tightly regulate the level of production and response. Ethylene biosynthesis represents a two-step process that is regulated at both the transcriptional and post-translational levels, thus enabling plants to control the amount of ethylene produced with regard to promotion of responses such as climacteric flower senescence and fruit ripening. Ethylene production subsequently results in activation of the ethylene response, as ethylene accumulation will trigger the ethylene signalling pathway to activate ethylene-dependent transcription for promotion of the response and for resetting the pathway. A more detailed knowledge of the mechanisms underlying biosynthesis and the ethylene response will ultimately enable new approaches to be developed for control of the initiation and progression of ethylene-dependent developmental processes, many of which are of horticultural significance.

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