ReviewPlant physiology2021
The emerging role of GABA as a transport regulator and physiological signal.
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- Differential responses of citrus root systems to biostimulants: the role of γ-aminobutyric acid in root promotion, phytohormones, and rhizosphere microbiology.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- γ-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) enhances heat tolerance in rice via integrated antioxidant defense, metabolic homeostasis and heat shock response.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- Integrated Analysis of Proteomics and Metabolomics Uncovered the Anti-Inflammatory Mechanisms of Baicalin in CIA Rat FLS.Current issues in molecular biology · 2026Article
- Exogenous GABA regulates the growth traits, photosynthesis, antioxidant properties, and nitrogen metabolism inFrontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Interaction of 4-Aminobutyrate (GABA) with the Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle in Plants Under Salinity Stress.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Patch-Clamp- andPlant, cell & environment · 2025Article
- In silico characterization, structural modeling, and molecular docking of GabP in citrus and its potential role in GABA uptake.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Molecular Mechanism of Exogenous GABA in Regulating Salt Tolerance in Tomato (International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Antioxidant activity and phytochemical analysis of different varieties of barley (Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Perception and processing of stress signals by plant mitochondria.The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology · 2024Review
- GABA does not regulate stomatal CO2 signalling in Arabidopsis.Journal of experimental botany · 2024Article
- Advances in Plant GABA Research: Biological Functions, Synthesis Mechanisms and Regulatory Pathways.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Relationship between the GABA Pathway and Signaling of Other Regulatory Molecules.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) as a Defense Booster for Wheat against Leaf Rust Pathogen (Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Chloroplastic ascorbate modifies plant metabolism and may act as a metabolite signal regardless of oxidative stress.Plant physiology · 2024Article
- Endogenous γ-Aminobutyric Acid Accumulation Enhances Salinity Tolerance in Rice.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Identification and Analysis of Aluminum-Activated Malate Transporter Gene Family Reveals Functional Diversification in Orchidaceae and the Expression Patterns ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Gamma-aminobutyric acid interactions with phytohormones and its role in modulating abiotic and biotic stress in plants.Stress biology · 2024Review
- Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) improves salinity stress tolerance in soybean seedlings by modulating their mineral nutrition, osmolyte contents, and ascorbate-glutathione cycle.BMC plant biology · 2024Article
- The potassium transporter TaNHX2 interacts with TaGAD1 to promote drought tolerance via modulating stomatal aperture in wheat.Science advances · 2024Article
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Abstract
While the proposal that γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) acts a signal in plants is decades old, a signaling mode of action for plant GABA has been unveiled only relatively recently. Here, we review the recent research that demonstrates how GABA regulates anion transport through aluminum-activated malate transporters (ALMTs) and speculation that GABA also targets other proteins. The ALMT family of anion channels modulates multiple physiological processes in plants, with many members still to be characterized, opening up the possibility that GABA has broad regulatory roles in plants. We focus on the role of GABA in regulating pollen tube growth and stomatal pore aperture, and we speculate on its role in long-distance signaling and how it might be involved in cross talk with hormonal signals. We show that in barley (Hordeum vulgare), guard cell opening is regulated by GABA, as it is in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), to regulate water use efficiency, which impacts drought tolerance. We also discuss the links between glutamate and GABA in generating signals in plants, particularly related to pollen tube growth, wounding, and long-distance electrical signaling, and explore potential interactions of GABA signals with hormones, such as abscisic acid, jasmonic acid, and ethylene. We conclude by postulating that GABA encodes a signal that links plant primary metabolism to physiological status to fine tune plant responses to the environment.
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