WRKY53: A Key Player in Stress Responses and Growth Regulation in Rice

IF 7.4 2区农林科学 Q1 AGRONOMY

Rice Science Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-04 DOI:10.1016/j.rsci.2025.08.008

Shuaizu AN , Jun LÜ , Zemin MA , Xuanlin GAO , Biaoming ZHANG , Pingfang YANG , Yinggen KE

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Abstract

As sessile organisms, plants must adapt various stresses. Accordingly, they have evolved several plant-specific growth and developmental processes. WRKY53 is a member of the WRKY transcription factor family, which plays a crucial role in rice growth and development, stress response, and hormone signal transduction. This review discusses the role of WRKY53 in stress response, focusing on its functions in cold tolerance, salt tolerance, disease resistance, and pest defense, and explores its role in regulating rice leaf senescence and seed germination. This article also proposes future research directions, including functional genomics studies, protein interaction network analyses, hormone signal transduction pathways, genetic improvement strategies, applications of gene editing technologies, molecular basis of stress responses, cross- species functional conservation, and bioinformatics and comparative genomics research. This review highlights the importance of WRKY53 in rice biology and provides new perspectives and strategies for future research and genetic improvement of rice.

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WRKY53：水稻胁迫响应和生长调控的关键基因

作为无根生物，植物必须适应各种逆境。因此，它们进化出了几种植物特有的生长发育过程。WRKY53是WRKY转录因子家族的一员，在水稻生长发育、胁迫应答和激素信号转导中起着至关重要的作用。本文综述了WRKY53在胁迫响应中的作用，重点介绍了WRKY53在水稻抗寒、耐盐、抗病、防虫等方面的功能，并探讨了WRKY53在水稻叶片衰老和种子萌发调控中的作用。提出了今后的研究方向，包括功能基因组学研究、蛋白质相互作用网络分析、激素信号转导途径、遗传改良策略、基因编辑技术应用、应激反应分子基础、跨物种功能保护、生物信息学和比较基因组学研究等。本文综述了WRKY53在水稻生物学中的重要作用，为今后水稻研究和遗传改良提供了新的思路和策略。

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Rice Science Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Agronomy and Crop Science

CiteScore

8.90

自引率

6.20%

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审稿时长

40 weeks

期刊介绍： Rice Science is an international research journal sponsored by China National Rice Research Institute. It publishes original research papers, review articles, as well as short communications on all aspects of rice sciences in English language. Some of the topics that may be included in each issue are: breeding and genetics, biotechnology, germplasm resources, crop management, pest management, physiology, soil and fertilizer management, ecology, cereal chemistry and post-harvest processing.