Abiotic Stress Signaling and Responses in Plants

• Published in: Cell Vol. 167; no. 2; pp. 313 - 324
• Main Author: Zhu, Jian-Kang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 06.10.2016
• Subjects: abiotic stress; AMP-Activated Protein Kinases - genetics; AMP-Activated Protein Kinases - metabolism; Chloroplasts - enzymology; Cold-Shock Response; crops; Crops, Agricultural - enzymology; Crops, Agricultural - genetics; Crops, Agricultural - physiology; drought; Droughts; Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress; energy; Energy Metabolism; food security; Food Supply; gene expression; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; Heat-Shock Response; homeostasis; mammals; Mitochondria - enzymology; Osmotic Pressure; Peroxisomes - enzymology; protein kinases; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases - genetics; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases - metabolism; proteins; Salinity; Signal Transduction; soil salinity; stress tolerance; Stress, Physiological - genetics; Stress, Physiological - physiology; sustainable agriculture; temperature; yeasts

As sessile organisms, plants must cope with abiotic stress such as soil salinity, drought, and extreme temperatures. Core stress-signaling pathways involve protein kinases related to the yeast SNF1 and mammalian AMPK, suggesting that stress signaling in plants evolved from energy sensing. Stress sig...