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Published on: October 11, 2024
Research advances in function and regulation mechanisms of plant small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) under
Jieting Wu1, Tian Gao1, Jianing Hu2
1School of Environmental Science, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
Plants respond to various stresses by triggering the expression of genes that encode proteins involved in plant growth, fruit ripening, cellular protein homeostasis, and tolerance systems. sHSPs, a subfamily of heat shock proteins (HSPs), can be expressed in plants to inhibit abnormal aggregation of proteins and protect normal proteins by interacting with folding target proteins, protect cell integrity, and improve resistance under various adverse conditions. Thus, sHSPs have significant influences on seed germination and plant development. In this review, the classification, structure, and functions of sHSP family members in plants are systematically summarized, with emphasis on their roles in promoting fruit ripening and plant growth by reducing the accumulation of ROS, improving the survival rate of plants and the antioxidant activity, and protecting photosynthesis under biotic and abiotic stresses. Meanwhile, the production and regulatory mechanisms of sHSPs are described in detail. Heat shock factors, long non-coding RNA (lncRNAs), microRNA (miRNAs), and FK506 binding proteins are related to the production process of sHSPs. Molecular chaperone complex HSP70/100, plastidic proteins, and abscisic acid (ABA) are involved in the regulatory mechanisms of sHSPs. Besides, scientific efforts and practices for improving plant stress resistance have carried out the constitutive expression of sHSPs in transgenic plants in recent years. It is a powerful path for inducing the protective mechanisms of plants under various stresses. Therefore, exploring the role of sHSPs in the plant defense system paves a way for comprehensively unraveling plant tolerance in response to biotic and abiotic stress.
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