ReviewPlant signaling & behavior2014
Pollen tube growth: where does the energy come from?
Review in Plant signaling & behavior, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers.
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- Microtubules in Arabidopsis pollen tubes are oriented away from the tube apex and are actin-independent at the cortex.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Free fatty acid biosynthesis precursors are involved in pollen-stigma interactions inHorticulture research · 2025Article
- bra-miR9569 Targets thePlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Effect of high temperature on pollen grains and yield in economically important crops: a review.Planta · 2025Review
- Non-Target Metabolomics Reveals Changes in Metabolite Profiles in Distant Hybrid Incompatibility BetweenPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Investigating vesicle-mediated regulation of pollen tube growth through BFA inhibition and AS-ODN targeting ofHorticulture research · 2025Article
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- Unraveling the role of autophagy and antioxidants in anther and pistil responses to heat stress in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.).Plant cell reports · 2025Article
- AtHMGB15 regulates tapetal apoptosis in pollen development and actin dynamics during pollen germination in arabidopsis.Plant reproduction · 2024Article
- Mutations in nuclear genes encoding mitochondrial ribosome proteins restore pollen fertility in S male-sterile maize.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2024Article
- Molecular mechanisms underlying the negative effects of transient heatwaves on crop fertility.Plant communications · 2024Review
- Homeostasis of flavonoids and triterpenoids most likely modulates starch metabolism for pollen tube penetration in rice.Plant biotechnology journal · 2023Article
- Thermosensitivity of pollen: a molecular perspective.Plant cell reports · 2023Review
- Autophagy and its mediated mitochondrial quality control maintain pollen tube growth and male fertility in Arabidopsis.Autophagy · 2023Article
- Wheat TaSnRK2.10 phosphorylates TaERD15 and TaENO1 and confers drought tolerance when overexpressed in rice.Plant physiology · 2023Article
- Study of the Pollen Grain Metabolome under Deposition of Nitrogen and Phosphorus inInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- The Shared Proteome of the Apomictic FernInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- Mechanisms Regulating Energy Homeostasis in Plant Cells and Their Potential to Inspire Electrical Microgrids Models.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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Abstract
This review focuses on the energy metabolism during pollen maturation and tube growth and updates current knowledge. Pollen tube growth is essential for male reproductive success and extremely fast. Therefore, pollen development and tube growth are high energy-demanding processes. During the last years, various publications (including research papers and reviews) emphasize the importance of mitochondrial respiration and fermentation during male gametogenesis and pollen tube elongation. These pathways obviously contribute to satisfy the high energy demand, and there are many studies which suggest that respiration and fermentation are the only pathways to generate the needed energy. Here, we review data which show for the first time that in addition plastidial glycolysis and the balancing of the ATP/NAD(P)H ratio (by malate valves and NAD(+) biosynthesis) contribute to satisfy the energy demand during pollen development. Although the importance of energy generation by plastids was discounted during the last years (possibly due to the controversial opinion about their existence in pollen grains and pollen tubes), the available data underline their prime role during pollen maturation and tube growth.
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