Author: Ambrosone, Alfredo; Costa, Antonello; Leone, Antonella; Grillo, Stefania
Description: RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) govern many aspects of RNA metabolism, including pre-mRNA processing, transport, stability/decay and translation. Although relatively few plant RNA-binding proteins have been characterized genetically and biochemically, more than 200 RBP genes have been predicted in Arabidopsis and rice genomes, suggesting that they might serve specific plant functions. Besides their role in normal cellular functions, RBPs are emerging also as an interesting class of proteins involved in a wide range of post-transcriptional regulatory events that are important in providing plants with the ability to respond rapidly to changes in environmental conditions. Here, we review the most recent results and evidence on the functional role of RBPs in plant adaptation to various unfavourable environmental conditions and their contribution to enhance plant tolerance to abiotic stresses, with special emphasis on osmotic and temperature stress.
Subject headings: Abscisic Acid; Acclimatization; Gene Expression Regulation; Plant; Osmotic Pressure; Plant Physiological Phenomena; Plants; RNA-Binding Proteins; Transcription, Genetic; Abiotic stresses
Publication year: 2012
Journal or book title: Plant Science: An International Journal of Experimental Plant Biology
Volume: 182
Pages: 12-18
Find the full text: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168945211000471
Find more like this one (cited by): https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cites=437230087177569341&as_sdt=1000005&sciodt=0,16&hl=en
Serial number: 3550