Liu Qingqing, Tao Yongfu, Ruan Yong-Ling
College of Agriculture, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China.
Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518120, China.
Trends Plant Sci. 2023 Nov;28(11):1211-1213. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2023.07.004. Epub 2023 Aug 12.
Alkalinity constrains crop production. Recently, Zhang et al. reported a negative regulator, Alkaline Tolerance 1 (AT1), attenuating phosphorylation of plasma membrane intrinsic protein (PIP2) to block efflux of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) under alkaline stress and boosting yield of cereal crops by 20-30%. However, further efforts are needed to exploit the application of AT1 in breeding alkaline-tolerant crops.
碱度限制作物产量。最近,张等人报道了一种负调控因子,耐碱性1(AT1),它在碱性胁迫下减弱质膜内在蛋白(PIP2)的磷酸化,以阻止细胞内活性氧(ROS)外流,并使谷类作物产量提高20%-30%。然而,要开发AT1在耐碱性作物育种中的应用,还需要进一步努力。