Drought-Responsive Mechanisms in Plant Leaves Revealed by Proteomics
Development Centre of Plant Germplasm Resources, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2016, 17(10), 1706; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms17101706
Received: 30 June 2016
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Revised: 6 September 2016
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Accepted: 22 September 2016
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Published: 18 October 2016
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Plant Proteomic Research)
Plant drought tolerance is a complex trait that requires a global view to understand its underlying mechanism. The proteomic aspects of plant drought response have been extensively investigated in model plants, crops and wood plants. In this review, we summarize recent proteomic studies on drought response in leaves to reveal the common and specialized drought-responsive mechanisms in different plants. Although drought-responsive proteins exhibit various patterns depending on plant species, genotypes and stress intensity, proteomic analyses show that dominant changes occurred in sensing and signal transduction, reactive oxygen species scavenging, osmotic regulation, gene expression, protein synthesis/turnover, cell structure modulation, as well as carbohydrate and energy metabolism. In combination with physiological and molecular results, proteomic studies in leaves have helped to discover some potential proteins and/or metabolic pathways for drought tolerance. These findings provide new clues for understanding the molecular basis of plant drought tolerance.
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Keywords:
proteomics; leaves; drought stress; molecular mechanism
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Wang, X.; Cai, X.; Xu, C.; Wang, Q.; Dai, S. Drought-Responsive Mechanisms in Plant Leaves Revealed by Proteomics. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2016, 17, 1706. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms17101706
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Wang X, Cai X, Xu C, Wang Q, Dai S. Drought-Responsive Mechanisms in Plant Leaves Revealed by Proteomics. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2016; 17(10):1706. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms17101706
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Xiaoli, Xiaofeng Cai, Chenxi Xu, Quanhua Wang, and Shaojun Dai. 2016. "Drought-Responsive Mechanisms in Plant Leaves Revealed by Proteomics" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 17, no. 10: 1706. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms17101706
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