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Plant Rabs and the role in fruit ripening

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

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Authors

Tamunonengiyeofori Lawson

SEAN MAYES SEAN.MAYES@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Associate Professor

Grantley W. Lycett

Chiew Foan Chin



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 Mar 28, 2024
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

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