Impact of Drought on Soluble Sugars and Free Proline Content in Selected Arabidopsis Mutants

• Published in: Biology (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 9; no. 11; p. 367
• Main Authors: Gurrieri, Libero, Merico, Martina, Trost, Paolo, Forlani, Giuseppe, Sparla, Francesca
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 01.11.2020; MDPI
• Subjects: Amino acids; Arabidopsis thaliana; drought stress; Droughts; Environmental aspects; Genetic aspects; Glucose metabolism; Hardiness; Italy; metabolic adjustment; Physiological aspects; Plants; Proline; soluble sugars; Synthesis; water-insoluble carbohydrates; Italy

Water shortage is an increasing problem affecting crop yield. Accumulation of compatible osmolytes is a typical plant response to overcome water stress. Sucrose synthase 1 (SUS1), and glucan, water dikinase 2 (GWD2) and δ1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthetase 1 (P5CS1) are members of small protein fam...