Feeling the Heat: Searching for Plant Thermosensors

Lam Dai Vu; Kris Gevaert; Ive De Smet

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2018.11.004

Feeling the Heat: Searching for Plant Thermosensors

Trends Plant Sci. 2019 Mar;24(3):210-219. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2018.11.004. Epub 2018 Dec 17.

Authors

Lam Dai Vu¹, Kris Gevaert², Ive De Smet³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium; VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium; VIB Center for Medical Biotechnology, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
² Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium; VIB Center for Medical Biotechnology, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium; These authors contributed equally. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/KrisGevaert_VIB.
³ Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium; VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium; These authors contributed equally. Electronic address: ive.desmet@psb.vib-ugent.be.

PMID: 30573309
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2018.11.004

Abstract

To draw the complete picture of plant thermal signaling, it is important to find the missing links between the temperature cue, the actual sensing, and the subsequent response. In this context, several plant thermosensors have been proposed. Here, we compare these with thermosensors in various other organisms, put them in the context of thermosensing in plants, and suggest a set of criteria to which a thermosensor must adhere. Finally, we propose that more emphasis should be given to structural analysis of DNA, RNA, and proteins in light of the activity of potential thermosensors.

Keywords: (plasma) membrane; RNA; Temperature signaling; chromatin; protein; thermosensor.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Hot Temperature*
Plants
RNA
Temperature
Thermosensing*

Substances

RNA