Plants | |
NAC Transcription Factors in Senescence: From Molecular Structure to Function in Crops | |
Dagmara Podzimska-Sroka2  Charlotte O’Shea1  Per L. Gregersen2  Karen Skriver1  | |
[1] Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, 5 Ole Maaloesvej, Copenhagen DK-2200, Denmark; E-Mail:;Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Aarhus University, Forsøgsvej 1, Slagelse DK-4200, Denmark; E-Mails: | |
关键词: NAC transcription factor; domain structure; senescence; abiotic stress; gene regulatory network; crop breeding; | |
DOI : 10.3390/plants4030412 | |
来源: mdpi | |
【 摘 要 】
Within the last decade, NAC transcription factors have been shown to play essential roles in senescence, which is the focus of this review. Transcriptome analyses associate approximately one third of Arabidopsis NAC genes and many crop NAC genes with senescence, thereby implicating NAC genes as important regulators of the senescence process. The consensus DNA binding site of the NAC domain is used to predict NAC target genes, and protein interaction sites can be predicted for the intrinsically disordered transcription regulatory domains of NAC proteins. The molecular characteristics of these domains determine the interactions in gene regulatory networks. Emerging local NAC-centered gene regulatory networks reveal complex molecular mechanisms of stress- and hormone-regulated senescence and basic physiological steps of the senescence process. For example, through molecular interactions involving the hormone abscisic acid, ArabidopsisNAP promotes chlorophyll degradation, a hallmark of senescence. Furthermore, studies of the functional rice ortholog,
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