摘要
Membraneless biomolecular condensates play important roles in both normal biological activities and re-sponses to environmental stimuli in living organisms.Liquid‒liquid phase separation(LLPS)is an organi-zational mechanism that has emerged in recent years to explain the formation of biomolecular conden-sates.In the past decade,advances in LLPS research have contributed to breakthroughs in diseasefields.By contrast,although LLPS research in plants has progressed over the past 5 years,it has been concentrated on the model plant Arabidopsis,which has limited relevance to agricultural production.In this review,we provide an overview of recently reported advances in LLPS in plants,with a particular focus on photomorphogenesis,flowering,and abiotic and biotic stress responses.We propose that many potential LLPS proteins also exist in crops and may affect crop growth,development,and stress resistance.This possibility presents a great challenge as well as an opportunity for rigorous scientific research on the biological functions and applications of LLPS in crops.
基金
Faculty Resources Project of the College of Life Sciences,Inner Mongolia University (2022-101)
the Major Demonstration Project of the Open Competition for Seed Industry Science and Technology Innovation in Inner Mongolia (2022JBGS0016)
the Specialized Project of High-level Talents in Henan Agricultural University (111/30501464)for supporting this work.
