GASA Proteins: Review of Their Functions in Plant Environmental Stress Tolerance

Autor: Mohamed Taieb Bouteraa, Walid Ben Romdhane, Narjes Baazaoui, Mohammad Y. Alfaifi, Yosra Chouaibi, Bouthaina Ben Akacha, Anis Ben Hsouna, Miroslava Kačániová, Sanja Ćavar Zeljković, Stefania Garzoli, Rania Ben Saad
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Plants, Vol 12, Iss 10, p 2045 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2223-7747
DOI: 10.3390/plants12102045
Popis: Gibberellic acid-stimulated Arabidopsis (GASA) gene family is a class of functional cysteine-rich proteins characterized by an N-terminal signal peptide and a C-terminal-conserved GASA domain with 12 invariant cysteine (Cys) residues. GASA proteins are widely distributed among plant species, and the majority of them are involved in the signal transmission of plant hormones, the regulation of plant development and growth, and the responses to different environmental constraints. To date, their action mechanisms are not completely elucidated. This review reports an overview of the diversity, structure, and subcellular localization of GASA proteins, their involvement in hormone crosstalk and redox regulation during development, and plant responses to abiotic and biotic stresses. Knowledge of this complex regulation can be a contribution to promoting multiple abiotic stress tolerance with potential agricultural applications through the engineering of genes encoding GASA proteins and the production of transgenic plants.
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