Abstract
Biosynthesis of specialized metabolites (SM), including phenolics, terpenoids, and alkaloids, is stimulated by many environmental factors including light. In recent years, significant progress has been made in understanding the regulatory mechanisms involved in light-stimulated SM biosynthesis at the transcriptional, posttranscriptional, and posttranslational levels of regulation. While several excellent recent reviews have primarily focused on the impacts of general environmental factors, including light, on biosynthesis of an individual class of SM, here we highlight the regulation of three major SM biosynthesis pathways by light-responsive gene expression, microRNA regulation, and posttranslational modification of regulatory proteins. In addition, we present our future perspectives on this topic.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1055 |
| Journal | Communications Biology |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - Oct 18 2023 |
Bibliographical note
© 2023. Springer Nature Limited.Funding
This work is supported partially by the Harold R. Burton Endowed Professorship to L.Y., and The Shanghai Municipal Afforestation & City Appearance and Environmental Sanitation Administration (G222411, G222413, and G232405), The Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (22JC1401300) and small and medium-sized enterprise innovation ability enhancement project of Shandong province Science and Technology (2021TSGC1220) grants to H.W.