Exogenous treatment with N-acetylglutamic acid confers tolerance to heat stress in plants.

ABSTRACT: Heat stress, which occurs when temperatures exceed the optimal range for growth, challenges the maintenance of crop yield because it disrupts plant homeostasis at the cellular and developmental levels. Chemical priming, which can activate the response to environmental stress using chemical compounds, is a promising method of maintaining plant growth under stressful conditions. Recently, we found that the non-proteogenic amino acid N-acetylglutamic acid (NAG) confers tolerance to oxidative stress through the activation of genes related to scavenging reactive oxygen species in plants. However, it has been unknown whether NAG alleviates environmental stress except oxidative stress. Here, we revealed that the response to heat stress was enhanced by exogenous treatment with NAG in plants. NAG a

SUBMITTER: Hirakawa T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11500599 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature