Functions of plant MYB transcription factors in response to abiotic stress and plant hormones

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2020.07.21

›› 2020, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (7): 1317-1328.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2020.07.21

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Functions of plant MYB transcription factors in response to abiotic stress and plant hormones

QIU Wenyi^1,2, WANG Shiyu^1,2, LI Xiaofang^2,3, XU Heng², ZHANG Hua², ZHU Ying², WANG Liangchao^2,*

1. College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China;
2. State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Research Center for Crop Molecular Breeding at Zhejiang Province, Institute of Virology and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China;
3. College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050000, China

Received:2019-12-25 Online:2020-07-25 Published:2020-07-28

Abstract

Abstract: The expression of a gene is tightly controlled by transcription factors in a spatiotemporal way. When facing adverse environmental conditions such as heat, cold, drought or salt stress, plant cells conduct a physiological change from “fitness” to “stress response” immediately. This fast response relies on complex strategies including the perception and transduction of the stress signal, initiating hormone signaling (abscisic acid, jasmonic acid etc.), transcription factor activation etc. These processes turn out the expression of stress related genes, secondary metabolic transformation, antioxidants accumulation etc. All these efforts confer plants to strive a rebalance of cell homeostasis under stress, and so enable plants to survive. Plant MYB (v-MYB avian myeloblastosis viral oncogene homolog) transcription factors are important participants in these procedures. This manuscript described the plant MYB transcription factor's structure features, classification, and mainly focused on the recent advances in the researches about MYB’s functions in response to abiotic stress and plant hormones.

Key words: MYB, transcription factor, abiotic stress, plant hormone, stress response

CLC Number:

S311

QIU Wenyi, WANG Shiyu, LI Xiaofang, XU Heng, ZHANG Hua, ZHU Ying, WANG Liangchao. Functions of plant MYB transcription factors in response to abiotic stress and plant hormones[J]. , 2020, 32(7): 1317-1328.

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