AUTHOR=Wang Ming , Zang Lili , Jiao Fuchao , Perez-Garcia Maria-Dolores , Ogé Laurent , Hamama Latifa , Le Gourrierec José , Sakr Soulaiman , Chen Jingtang TITLE=Sugar Signaling and Post-transcriptional Regulation in Plants: An Overlooked or an Emerging Topic? JOURNAL=Frontiers in Plant Science VOLUME=11 YEAR=2020 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2020.578096 DOI=10.3389/fpls.2020.578096 ISSN=1664-462X ABSTRACT=

Plants are autotrophic organisms that self-produce sugars through photosynthesis. These sugars serve as an energy source, carbon skeletons, and signaling entities throughout plants’ life. Post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression plays an important role in various sugar-related processes. In cells, it is regulated by many factors, such as RNA-binding proteins (RBPs), microRNAs, the spliceosome, etc. To date, most of the investigations into sugar-related gene expression have been focused on the transcriptional level in plants, while only a few studies have been conducted on post-transcriptional mechanisms. The present review provides an overview of the relationships between sugar and post-transcriptional regulation in plants. It addresses the relationships between sugar signaling and RBPs, microRNAs, and mRNA stability. These new items insights will help to reach a comprehensive understanding of the diversity of sugar signaling regulatory networks, and open onto new investigations into the relevance of these regulations for plant growth and development.