This Special Issue reveals emerging studies focussed on the biosynthesis and (epi)genetic regulation of plant secondary metabolites as well as their emerging roles as novel signalling metabolites mediating biotic and abiotic stress acclimation. Plant secondary metabolites are natural chemicals that enable plant survival and facilitate a wide array of biological interactions. Several plant secondary metabolites are widely used as valuable industrial products including drugs, nutritional supplements, food additives, agrochemicals, and colourants. They protect plants against pathogen infection and insect herbivory as well as prime protection against environmental stress. They have been shown to play important roles in plants including modulating nuclear gene expression, plastid biogenesis, cellular homeostasis, intercellular communication, plant growth, development, and reproduction. Understanding their biosynthesis, regulation, transport, and signalling mechanisms requires classical molecular and physiological based approaches to be combined with omics technologies.
We welcome original Research, Review, and Commentary articles that shed light on the following themes: 1) the biosynthetic pathways of plant secondary metabolites, 2) the molecular regulation, transport, and bioactive signals involved in their production, 3) the regulatory mechanisms and synthetic engineering approaches employed to enhance their biosynthesis or modify their structure, 4) the functions of secondary metabolites in plant growth, development, and reproduction, 5) the evolutionary dynamics and adaptation of plant secondary metabolism, and 6) the nutritional, medicinal, and industrial applications of these metabolites as agrochemicals, food additives, and cosmetics. We encourage authors to utilize classical molecular and physiological methods along with advanced omics technologies to provide comprehensive insights into the biosynthesis, regulation, and signaling mechanisms of plant secondary metabolites.
Keywords:
Secondary metabolism, secondary metabolites, biosynthesis, molecular regulation, bioactive signals, metabolic engineering, synthetic biology
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
This Special Issue reveals emerging studies focussed on the biosynthesis and (epi)genetic regulation of plant secondary metabolites as well as their emerging roles as novel signalling metabolites mediating biotic and abiotic stress acclimation. Plant secondary metabolites are natural chemicals that enable plant survival and facilitate a wide array of biological interactions. Several plant secondary metabolites are widely used as valuable industrial products including drugs, nutritional supplements, food additives, agrochemicals, and colourants. They protect plants against pathogen infection and insect herbivory as well as prime protection against environmental stress. They have been shown to play important roles in plants including modulating nuclear gene expression, plastid biogenesis, cellular homeostasis, intercellular communication, plant growth, development, and reproduction. Understanding their biosynthesis, regulation, transport, and signalling mechanisms requires classical molecular and physiological based approaches to be combined with omics technologies.
We welcome original Research, Review, and Commentary articles that shed light on the following themes: 1) the biosynthetic pathways of plant secondary metabolites, 2) the molecular regulation, transport, and bioactive signals involved in their production, 3) the regulatory mechanisms and synthetic engineering approaches employed to enhance their biosynthesis or modify their structure, 4) the functions of secondary metabolites in plant growth, development, and reproduction, 5) the evolutionary dynamics and adaptation of plant secondary metabolism, and 6) the nutritional, medicinal, and industrial applications of these metabolites as agrochemicals, food additives, and cosmetics. We encourage authors to utilize classical molecular and physiological methods along with advanced omics technologies to provide comprehensive insights into the biosynthesis, regulation, and signaling mechanisms of plant secondary metabolites.
Keywords:
Secondary metabolism, secondary metabolites, biosynthesis, molecular regulation, bioactive signals, metabolic engineering, synthetic biology
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.