The College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China.
The College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310012, China.
Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Feb 20;23(4):2332. doi: 10.3390/ijms23042332.
Plant sterols are important components of the cell membrane and lipid rafts, which play a crucial role in various physiological and biochemical processes during development and stress resistance in plants. In recent years, many studies in higher plants have been reported in the biosynthesis pathway of plant sterols, whereas the knowledge about the regulation and accumulation of sterols is not well understood. In this review, we summarize and discuss the recent findings in the field of plant sterols, including their biosynthesis, regulation, functions, as well as the mechanism involved in abiotic stress responses. These studies provide better knowledge on the synthesis and regulation of sterols, and the review also aimed to provide new insights for the global role of sterols, which is liable to benefit future research on the development and abiotic stress tolerance in plant.
植物固醇是细胞膜和脂筏的重要组成部分，在植物的发育和抗逆过程中的各种生理和生化过程中起着关键作用。近年来，在高等植物的生物合成途径中报道了许多关于植物固醇的研究，而关于固醇的调节和积累的知识尚不清楚。在这篇综述中，我们总结和讨论了植物固醇领域的最新发现，包括它们的生物合成、调节、功能以及在非生物胁迫响应中的机制。这些研究为固醇的合成和调节提供了更好的认识，综述的目的也是为固醇的全球作用提供新的见解，这有望有益于未来植物的发育和抗非生物胁迫研究。
