Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2022, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (3): 203-212.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2021-0691

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A Review of WRKY Mediated Regulation of Sugar for Cold Acclimation in Horticultural Crops

PAN Ying-jie(), ZHANG Ying(), WU Qi-man, LI Zheng-qing   

  1. College of Life Science,Shenyang Normal University,Shenyang 110034
  • Received:2021-06-01 Online:2022-03-26 Published:2022-04-06
  • Contact: ZHANG Ying E-mail:2098568413@qq.com;f5944@163.com

Abstract:

Sugar in plant can not only promote the cellular carbon metabolism and energy metabolism,also act as a signal molecule to promote plant growth and participate in the regulation of plant response to adversity stress. Currently,a number of studies reveal that the accumulation of soluble sugar is conducive to protecting plants from freezing injury in cold hardening,it has been shown that the cold resistance of horticultural crops such as cucumber has been improved under exogenous sugar application,however,the specific mechanisms are not clear yet. Sugar can promote plants’ responses to abiotic stress through different regulatory mechanisms,such as physiology and biochemistry,and different molecular regulatory mechanisms. WRKY,as a core transcription factor in the ABA-related adversity response signaling pathway,is also an important factor in the sugar metabolism regulation mechanisms,and may play an important role in the related metabolic mechanisms in response to cold stress. Here the response and regulatory mechanisms of cold acclimation in horticultural crops by sugar are reviewed,and the role of WRKY family in the process is analyzed and discussed.

Key words: cold stress, transcription factor, WRKY, exogenous sugar