Roles of Chloroplast Retrograde Signals and Ion Transport in Plant Drought Tolerance

Autor: Chenchen Zhao, Anthony M. Haigh, Paul Holford, Zhong-Hua Chen
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 19, Iss 4, p 963 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1422-0067
DOI: 10.3390/ijms19040963
Popis: Worldwide, drought affects crop yields; therefore, understanding plants’ strategies to adapt to drought is critical. Chloroplasts are key regulators of plant responses, and signals from chloroplasts also regulate nuclear gene expression during drought. However, the interactions between chloroplast-initiated retrograde signals and ion channels under stress are still not clear. In this review, we summarise the retrograde signals that participate in regulating plant stress tolerance. We compare chloroplastic transporters that modulate retrograde signalling through retrograde biosynthesis or as critical components in retrograde signalling. We also discuss the roles of important plasma membrane and tonoplast ion transporters that are involved in regulating stomatal movement. We propose how retrograde signals interact with ion transporters under stress.
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