title: Abscisic acid perception and signaling transduction in strawberry: a model for non-climacteric fruit ripening.
abstract: On basis of fruit differential respiration and ethylene effects, climacteric and non-climacteric fruits have been classically defined. Over the past decades, the molecular mechanisms of climacteric fruit ripening were abundantly described and found to focus on ethylene perception and signaling transduction. In contrast, until our most recent breakthroughs, much progress has been made toward understanding the signaling perception and transduction mechanisms for abscisic acid (ABA) in strawberry, a model for non-climacteric fruit ripening. Our reports not only have provided several lines of strong evidences for ABA-regulated ripening of strawberry fruit, but also have demonstrated that homology proteins of Arabidopsis ABA receptors, including PYR/PYL/RCAR and ABAR/CHLH, act as positive regulators of ripening in response to ABA. These receptors also trigger a set of ABA downstream signaling components, and determine significant changes in the expression levels of both sugar and pigment metabolism-related genes that are closely associated with ripening. Soluble sugars, especially sucrose, may act as a signal molecular to trigger ABA accumulation through an enzymatic action of 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase 1 (FaNCED1). This mini-review offers an overview of these processes and also outlines the possible, molecular mechanisms for ABA in the regulation of strawberry fruit ripening through the ABA receptors.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Key Laboratory of New Technology in Agricultural Application, College of Plant Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Chunli
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Haifeng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Yemao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chai
authors.forename: Yuanyue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D000040:Abscisic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D031985:Fragaria / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005638:Fruit / Q000502:physiology*; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; D000040:Abscisic Acid
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