Abstract
A direct role for cholesterol signaling in mammals is clearly established; yet, the direct role in signaling for a plant sterol or sterol precursor is unclear. Fluctuations in sitosterol and stigmasterol levels during development and stress conditions suggest their involvement in signaling activities essential for plant development and stress compensation. Stigmasterol may be involved in gravitropism and tolerance to abiotic stress. The isolation of stigmasterol biosynthesis mutants offers a promising tool to test the function of sterol end products in signaling responses to developmental and environmental cues.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 354 |
| Journal | Frontiers in Plant Science |
| Volume | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 22 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2019 Aboobucker and Suza.
Funding
This work was financially supported by USAID project iAGRI (grant no. 621-A-00-11-000090-00).
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| United States Agency for International Development | 621-A-00-11-000090-00 |
Keywords
- Abiotic
- Cell signaling
- Physiology
- Sterol end products
- Sterol pathway regulation
- Stigmasterol
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Plant Science
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