Thriving under stress: how plants balance growth and the stress response

H Zhang, Y Zhao, JK Zhu - Developmental Cell, 2020‏ - cell.com
Defense against stress and active suppression of growth are two complementary strategies
by which plants respond to adverse environments. Although beneficial for plant survival …

AMPK and TOR: the yin and yang of cellular nutrient sensing and growth control

A González, MN Hall, SC Lin, DG Hardie - Cell metabolism, 2020‏ - cell.com
The AMPK (AMP-activated protein kinase) and TOR (target-of-rapamycin) pathways are
interlinked, opposing signaling pathways involved in sensing availability of nutrients and …

Glucose-driven TOR–FIE–PRC2 signalling controls plant development

R Ye, M Wang, H Du, S Chhajed, J Koh, K Liu, J Shin… - Nature, 2022‏ - nature.com
Nutrients and energy have emerged as central modulators of developmental programmes in
plants and animals,–. The evolutionarily conserved target of rapamycin (TOR) kinase is a …

The role of trehalose 6-phosphate (Tre6P) in plant metabolism and development

F Fichtner, JE Lunn - Annual review of plant biology, 2021‏ - annualreviews.org
Trehalose 6-phosphate (Tre6P) has a dual function as a signal and homeostatic regulator of
sucrose levels in plants. In source leaves, Tre6P regulates the production of sucrose to …

Capturing the phosphorylation and protein interaction landscape of the plant TOR kinase

J Van Leene, C Han, A Gadeyne, D Eeckhout… - Nature plants, 2019‏ - nature.com
The target of rapamycin (TOR) kinase is a conserved regulatory hub that translates
environmental and nutritional information into permissive or restrictive growth decisions …

Sugar signals and the control of plant growth and development

J Lastdrager, J Hanson… - Journal of experimental …, 2014‏ - academic.oup.com
Sugars have a central regulatory function in steering plant growth. This review focuses on
information presented in the past 2 years on key players in sugar-mediated plant growth …

Glucose–TOR signalling reprograms the transcriptome and activates meristems

Y **ong, M McCormack, L Li, Q Hall, C **ang, J Sheen - Nature, 2013‏ - nature.com
Meristems encompass stem/progenitor cells that sustain postembryonic growth of all plant
organs. How meristems are activated and sustained by nutrient signalling remains enigmatic …

Autophagy: an intracellular degradation pathway regulating plant survival and stress response

T Su, X Li, M Yang, Q Shao, Y Zhao, C Ma… - Frontiers in plant …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Autophagy is an intracellular process that facilitates the bulk degradation of cytoplasmic
materials by the vacuole or lysosome in eukaryotes. This conserved process is achieved …

TOR signaling and nutrient sensing

T Dobrenel, C Caldana, J Hanson… - Annual review of …, 2016‏ - annualreviews.org
All living organisms rely on nutrients to sustain cell metabolism and energy production,
which in turn need to be adjusted based on available resources. The evolutionarily …

TOR signaling promotes accumulation of BZR1 to balance growth with carbon availability in Arabidopsis

Z Zhang, JY Zhu, J Roh, C Marchive, SK Kim, C Meyer… - Current Biology, 2016‏ - cell.com
For maintenance of cellular homeostasis, the actions of growth-promoting hormones must
be attenuated when nutrient and energy become limiting. The molecular mechanisms that …