1,979
Views
4
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Commentary

GABA: a key player of abiotic stress regulation

, , , , , & ORCID Icon show all
Article: 2163343 | Received 22 Aug 2022, Accepted 23 Dec 2022, Published online: 19 Jan 2023

References

  • Steward FC. γ-Aminobutyric acid: a constituent of the potato tuber? Science. 1949;110:439–3.
  • Roberts E, Eidelberg E. Metabolic and neurophysiological roles of γ-aminobutyric acid. Int Rev Neurobiol. 1960;2:279–332.
  • Waltz E. GABA-enriched tomato is first CRISPR-edited food to enter market. Nat Biotechnol. 2022;40(1):9–11. doi:10.1038/d41587-021-00026-2.
  • Roberts MR. Does GABA act as a signal in plants? Hints from molecular studies: hints from molecular studies. Plant Signal Behav. 2007;2(5):408–409. doi:10.4161/psb.2.5.4335.
  • Ramos-Ruiz R, Martinez F, Knauf-Beiter G, Tejada Moral M. The effects of GABA in plants. Cogent Food Agric. 2019;5(1):1670553. doi:10.1080/23311932.2019.1670553.
  • Nayyar H, Kaur R, Kaur S, Singh R. γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) imparts partial protection from heat stress injury to rice seedlings by improving leaf turgor and upregulating osmoprotectants and antioxidants. J Plant Growth Regul. 2014;33(2):408–419. doi:10.1007/s00344-013-9389-6.
  • Priya M, Sharma L, Kaur R, Bindumadhava H, Nair RM, Siddique KHM, Nayyar H. GABA (γ-aminobutyric acid), as a thermo-protectant, to improve the reproductive function of heat-stressed mungbean plants. Sci Rep. 2019;9(1):1–14. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-44163-w.
  • Yong B, Xie H, Li Z, Li YP, Zhang Y, Nie G, Zhang XQ, Ma X, Huang LK, Yan YH, et al. Exogenous application of GABA improves PEG-induced drought tolerance positively associated with GABA-shunt, polyamines, and proline metabolism in white clover. Front Physiol. 2017;8:1107. doi:10.3389/fphys.2017.01107.
  • Cheng B, Li Z, Liang L, Cao Y, Zeng W, Zhang X, Ma X, Huang L, Nie G, Liu W, et al. The γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) alleviates salt stress damage during seeds germination of white clover associated with Na+/K+ transportation, dehydrins accumulation, and stress-related genes expression in white clover. Int J Mol Sci. 2018;19(9):2520. doi:10.3390/ijms19092520.
  • Kinnersley AM, Lin F. Receptor modifiers indicate that 4-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is a potential modulator of ion transport in plants. Plant Growth Regul. 2000;32(1):65–76. doi:10.1023/A:1006305120202.
  • Shaar-Moshe L, Hayouka R, Roessner U, Peleg Z. Phenotypic and metabolic plasticity shapes life-history strategies under combinations of abiotic stresses. Plant Direct. 2019;3(1):e00113. doi:10.1002/pld3.113.
  • Balfagón D, Gómez-Cadenas A, Rambla JL, Granell A, de Ollas C, Bassham DC, Mittler R, Zandalinas SI. γ-Aminobutyric acid plays a key role in plant acclimation to a combination of high light and heat stress. Plant Physiol. 2022;188(4):2026–2038. doi:10.1093/plphys/kiac010.
  • Liu T, Liu Z, Li Z, Peng Y, Zhang X, Ma X, Huang L, Liu W, Nie G, He L. Regulation of heat shock factor pathways by γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) associated with thermotolerance of creeping bentgrass. Int J Mol Sci. 2019;20(19):4713. doi:10.3390/ijms20194713.
  • Balfagón D, Sengupta S, Gómez-Cadenas A, Fritschi FB, Azad RK, Mittler R, Zandalinas SI. Jasmonic acid is required for plant acclimation to a combination of high light and heat stress. Plant Physiol. 2019;181(4):1668–1682. doi:10.1104/pp.19.00956.
  • Mekonnen DW, Flügge U-I, Ludewig F. Gamma-aminobutyric acid depletion affects stomata closure and drought tolerance of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Sci. 2016;245:25–34. doi:10.1016/j.plantsci.2016.01.005.
  • Su N, Wu Q, Chen J, Shabala L, Mithöfer A, Wang H, Qu M, Yu M, Cui J, Shabala S. GABA operates upstream of H+-ATPase and improves salinity tolerance in Arabidopsis by enabling cytosolic K+ retention and Na+ exclusion. J Exp Bot. 2019;70(21):6349–6361. doi:10.1093/jxb/erz367.