Raffinose Family Oligosaccharides: Crucial Regulators of Plant Development and Stress Responses

• Published in: Critical reviews in plant sciences Vol. 41; no. 4; pp. 286 - 303
• Main Authors: Yan, Shijuan, Liu, Qing, Li, Wenyan, Yan, Jianbing, Fernie, Alisdair R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boca Raton Taylor & Francis 04.07.2022; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: biotic stress; Cellular stress response; Cold tolerance; Desiccation; Development; evolution; Germination; metabolism; Oligosaccharides; Plantae; Raffinose; raffinose family oligosaccharides; Seed germination; storage quality; stress response; stress tolerance; Sucrose; transport

Raffinose family oligosaccharides (RFOs), the α-galactosyl derivatives of sucrose, are nearly ubiquitous in Plantae, and they have been demonstrated to play pivotal roles in regulating plant responses to various abiotic stresses. RFOs accumulate to high levels in plant kernels/fruits or vegetative p...