TY - JOUR
T1 - Contributions of tor signaling on photosynthesis
AU - Song, Yun
AU - Alyafei, Mohammed Salem
AU - Masmoudi, Khaled
AU - Jaleel, Abdul
AU - Ren, Maozhi
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (U1804231, 31972469, 31672206), State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology Open Fund (CB2021A15), the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (34-IUA-02), the Sichuan Science and Technology Program (2020JDRC0044), and local financial funds of the National Agricultural Science & Technology Center (NASC), Chengdu (NASC 2020AR08; NASC 2021KR03).
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PY - 2021/8/2
Y1 - 2021/8/2
N2 - The target of rapamycin (TOR) protein kinase is an atypical Ser/Thr protein kinase and evolutionally conserved among yeasts, plants, and mammals. TOR has been established as a central hub for integrating nutrient, energy, hormone, and environmental signals in all the eukaryotes. Despite the conserved functions across eukaryotes, recent research has shed light on the multifaceted roles of TOR signaling in plant-specific functional and mechanistic features. One of the most specific features is the involvement of TOR in plant photosynthesis. The recent development of tools for the functional analysis of plant TOR has helped to uncover the involvement of TOR signaling in several steps preceding photoautotrophy and maintenance of photosynthesis. Here, we present recent novel findings relating to TOR signaling and its roles in regulating plant photosynthesis, including carbon nutrient sense, light absorptions, and leaf and chloroplast development. We also provide some gaps in our understanding of TOR function in photosynthesis that need to be addressed in the future.
AB - The target of rapamycin (TOR) protein kinase is an atypical Ser/Thr protein kinase and evolutionally conserved among yeasts, plants, and mammals. TOR has been established as a central hub for integrating nutrient, energy, hormone, and environmental signals in all the eukaryotes. Despite the conserved functions across eukaryotes, recent research has shed light on the multifaceted roles of TOR signaling in plant-specific functional and mechanistic features. One of the most specific features is the involvement of TOR in plant photosynthesis. The recent development of tools for the functional analysis of plant TOR has helped to uncover the involvement of TOR signaling in several steps preceding photoautotrophy and maintenance of photosynthesis. Here, we present recent novel findings relating to TOR signaling and its roles in regulating plant photosynthesis, including carbon nutrient sense, light absorptions, and leaf and chloroplast development. We also provide some gaps in our understanding of TOR function in photosynthesis that need to be addressed in the future.
KW - C nutrient
KW - Photoautotrophy
KW - Photosynthesis
KW - Plant
KW - Target of rapamycin (TOR)
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U2 - 10.3390/ijms22168959
DO - 10.3390/ijms22168959
M3 - Review article
C2 - 34445664
AN - SCOPUS:85113741417
VL - 22
JO - International Journal of Molecular Sciences
JF - International Journal of Molecular Sciences
SN - 1661-6596
IS - 16
M1 - 8959
ER -