Ethylene Control of Fruit Ripening: Revisiting the Complex Network of Transcriptional Regulation. Issue 4 (28th October 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Liu, Mingchun; Pirrello, Julien; Chervin, Christian; Roustan, Jean-Paul; Bouzayen, Mondher
• Is Part Of: Plant physiology. Volume 169:Issue 4(2015)
• Page Start: 2380
• Page End: 2390
• Publication Date: 2015-10-28
• Subjects: Plant physiology -- Periodicals; Botany -- Periodicals; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 571.2
• DOI: 10.1104/pp.15.01361
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0032-0889

Abstract

Abstract : The plant hormone ethylene controls fruit ripening through a complex network of transcriptional regulations and interplay between multiple signaling pathways. Abstract: The plant hormone ethylene plays a key role in climacteric fruit ripening. Studies on components of ethylene signaling have revealed a linear transduction pathway leading to the activation of ethylene response factors. However, the means by which ethylene selects the ripening-related genes and interacts with other signaling pathways to regulate the ripening process are still to be elucidated. Using tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ) as a reference species, the present review aims to revisit the mechanisms by which ethylene regulates fruit ripening by taking advantage of new tools available to perform in silico studies at the genome-wide scale, leading to a global view on the expression pattern of ethylene biosynthesis and response genes throughout ripening. Overall, it provides new insights on the transcriptional network by which this hormone coordinates the ripening process and emphasizes the interplay between ethylene and ripening-associated developmental factors and the link between epigenetic regulation and ethylene during fruit ripening.