Journal
MOLECULAR PLANT
Volume 3, Issue 6, Pages 942-955Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssq044
Keywords
Crop yield; drought; heat stress; invertase; reproductive development; seed and fruit set; sugar metabolism; sugar signaling
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- University of Newcastle [1030156]
- Australia-China Collaborative project [1082048]
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Invertase (INV) hydrolyzes sucrose into glucose and fructose, thereby playing key roles in primary metabolism and plant development. Based on their pH optima and sub-cellular locations, INVs are categorized into cell wall, cytoplasmic, and vacuolar subgroups, abbreviated as CWIN, CIN, and VIN, respectively. The broad importance and implications of INVs in plant development and crop productivity have attracted enormous interest to examine INV function and regulation from multiple perspectives. Here, we review some exciting advances in this area over the last two decades, focusing on (1) new or emerging roles of INV in plant development and regulation at the post-translational level through interaction with inhibitors, (2) cross-talk between INV-mediated sugar signaling and hormonal control of development, and (3) sugar- and INV-mediated responses to drought and heat stresses and their impact on seed and fruit set. Finally, we discuss major questions arising from this new progress and outline future directions for unraveling mechanisms underlying INV-mediated plant development and their potential applications in plant biotechnology and agriculture.
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