Plant Rabs and the role in fruit ripening

Lawson, Tamunonengiyeofori; Mayes, Sean; Lycett, Grantley W.; Chin, Chiew Foan

Abstract

Fruit ripening is a complex developmental process that involves the synthesis and modification of the cell wall leading up to the formation of an edible fruit. During the period of fruit ripening, new cell wall polymers and enzymes are synthesized and trafficked to the apoplast. Vesicle trafficking has been shown to play a key role in facilitating the synthesis and modification of cell walls in fruits. Through reverse genetics and gene expression studies, the importance of Rab guanosine triphosphatases (GTPases) as integral regulators of vesicle trafficking to the cell wall has been revealed. It has been a decade since a rich literature on the involvement of Rab GTPase in ripening was published. Therefore, this review sets out to summarize the progress in studies on the pivotal roles of Rab GTPases in fruit development and sheds light on new approaches that could be adopted in the fields of postharvest biology and fruit-ripening research.

Citation

Lawson, T., Mayes, S., Lycett, G. W., & Chin, C. F. (2018). Plant Rabs and the role in fruit ripening. Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews, 34(2), 181-197. https://doi.org/10.1080/02648725.2018.1482092

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 25, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Jun 14, 2018
• Publication Date: Sep 1, 2018
• Deposit Date: Jun 18, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 15, 2019
• Journal: Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews
• Print ISSN: 0264-8725
• Electronic ISSN: 2046-5556
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 34
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 181-197
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02648725.2018.1482092
• Keywords: Cell wall; Fruit ripening; Rab GTPase; Ras superfamily; Vesicle trafficking
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/938896
• Publisher URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02648725.2018.1482092
• Additional Information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews on 14/06/2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/02648725.2018.1482092
• Contract Date: Jun 18, 2018