Signal Transduction in Plants in Response to Environmental Stresses

A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change".

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Interests: salicylic acid; plant response to stresses; plant lipids; lipid signalling
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Dear Colleagues,

During their life, plants, as sessile organisms, are confronted with different stresses and stimuli that alter or regulate their development. In response to environmental stresses–either abiotic ones (temperature change, drought, water excess, pollutants, changes in light) or biotic ones (pathogenic attack)–or developmental cues (such as hormones), processes described using the general term “signaling” take place. This includes the perception of the signal, its transduction into the cell and the triggering of the relevant responses. These responses can change in the cell transcriptome, proteome or lipidome. This Special Issue aims to cover different aspects of the mechanisms of plant signal transduction. We are interested in original research articles, reviews, case reports, short communications and various scientific reports on plant signal transduction. Various types of signal transduction will be considered as follows: lipid signaling, kinase/phosphatase cascades, the roles of ions (such as calcium), etc. Data related to protein interactions, the molecular evolution of transduction mechanisms, multiple omics approaches, hormones and regulators are welcome. Descriptions of novel methods, techniques and approaches will be considered. Reviews or original research on model plants or crop species also fit this Special Issue’s goal.

Dr. Eric Ruelland
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Keywords

  • signaling
  • transduction
  • phospholipase
  • lipid-kinase
  • calcium
  • protein-kinase
  • protein/protein interaction
  • enzyme regulation
  • crop plants
  • stress
  • phytohormones
  • peptide signaling

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26 pages, 2021 KiB  
Article
Phospholipid Signaling in Crop Plants: A Field to Explore
by Lucas Amokrane, Igor Pokotylo, Sébastien Acket, Amélie Ducloy, Adrian Troncoso-Ponce, Jean-Luc Cacas and Eric Ruelland
Plants 2024, 13(11), 1532; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13111532 - 31 May 2024
Abstract
In plant models such as Arabidopsis thaliana, phosphatidic acid (PA), a key molecule of lipid signaling, was shown not only to be involved in stress responses, but also in plant development and nutrition. In this article, we highlight lipid signaling existing in [...] Read more.
In plant models such as Arabidopsis thaliana, phosphatidic acid (PA), a key molecule of lipid signaling, was shown not only to be involved in stress responses, but also in plant development and nutrition. In this article, we highlight lipid signaling existing in crop species. Based on open access databases, we update the list of sequences encoding phospholipases D, phosphoinositide-dependent phospholipases C, and diacylglycerol-kinases, enzymes that lead to the production of PA. We show that structural features of these enzymes from model plants are conserved in equivalent proteins from selected crop species. We then present an in-depth discussion of the structural characteristics of these proteins before focusing on PA binding proteins. For the purpose of this article, we consider RESPIRATORY BURST OXIDASE HOMOLOGUEs (RBOHs), the most documented PA target proteins. Finally, we discuss pioneering experiments that show, by different approaches such as monitoring of gene expression, use of pharmacological agents, ectopic over-expression of genes, and the creation of silenced mutants, that lipid signaling plays major roles in crop species. Finally, we present major open questions that require attention since we have only a perception of the peak of the iceberg when it comes to the exciting field of phospholipid signaling in plants. Full article
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