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REVIEW article

Front. Plant Sci.
Sec. Functional and Applied Plant Genomics
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1445875
This article is part of the Research Topic Insights in Functional and Applied Plant Genomics: 2023 View all 6 articles

The Pleiotropic Functions of GOLDEN2-LIKE Transcription Factors in Plants

Provisionally accepted
Mengyi Zheng Mengyi Zheng 1Xinyu Wang Xinyu Wang 1Jie Luo Jie Luo 1Bojun Ma Bojun Ma 1Dayong Li Dayong Li 2*Xifeng Chen Xifeng Chen 1*
  • 1 Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China
  • 2 Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China

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    The regulation of gene expression is crucial for biological plant growth and development, with transcription factors (TFs) serving as key switches in this regulatory mechanism. GOLDEN2-LIKE (GLK) TFs are a class of functionally partially redundant nuclear TFs belonging to the GARP superfamily of MYB TFs that play a key role in regulating genes related to photosynthesis and chloroplast biogenesis. Here, we summarized the current knowledge of the pleiotropic roles of GLKs in plants. In addition to their primary functions of controlingcontrolling chloroplast's biogenesis and function maintainmaintenance, GLKs have been proven to regulate the photomorphogenesis of seedlingseedlings, metabolite synthesis, flowering time, leaf senescence, and response to biotic and abiotic stress, ultimately contributing into crop yield enhancement. This review will provide a comprehensive understanding of the biological functions of GLKs and serve as a reference for future theoretical and applied studies of GLKs.

    Keywords: GOLDEN2-LIKEs (GLKs), transcription factor, function, Signalling pathway, in plants

    Received: 08 Jun 2024; Accepted: 31 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Zheng, Wang, Luo, Ma, Li and Chen. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Dayong Li, Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, 100097, Beijing Municipality, China
    Xifeng Chen, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China

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