Syringic Acid Alleviates Cesium-Induced Growth Defect in Arabidopsis.

ABSTRACT: Syringic acid, a phenolic compound, serves a variety of beneficial functions in cells. Syringic acid increases in plants in response to cesium, and exogenous application of syringic acid resulted in a significant attenuation of cesium-induced growth defects in Arabidopsis. In addition, cesium or syringic acid application to plants also resulted in increased lignin deposition in interfascicular fibers. To better understand the role of lignin and syringic acid in attenuating cesium-induced growth defects, two mutants for ArabidopsisREDUCED EPIDERMAL FLUORESCENE 4 (REF4) and fourteen laccase mutants, some of which have lower levels of lignin, were evaluated for their response to cesium. These mutants responded differently to cesium stress, compared to control plants, and the application of sy

SUBMITTER: Adams E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7730055 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature