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SnRK1 and TOR: central regulators of autophagy in plant energy stress responses.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Chloroplast Protein Degradation Pathways During Leaf Senescence: Coordination and Roles in Nitrogen Remobilization.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Autophagy is more vital in tomato and citrus than in arabidopsis.Protoplasma · 2026Article
- Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Nitrogen Regulation on Grain Quality in Cereal Crops at Later Stages.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Functional characterisation of Target of Rapamycin (TOR) signalling in Physcomitrella.Plant cell reports · 2026Article
- Low-NaCl pretreatment promotes seedling growth of Chinese white radish under water deficit via osmotic and energy regulation.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- HOS1-mediated both ubiquitination and nuclear-import are crucial to nitrate signaling.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2026Article
- Combined hormonomic, transcriptomic, and metabolomic analyses reveal the role of programmed cell death in bud abscission of Chinese chestnut (Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Autophagy-phytohormone crosstalk: a dual-regulation axis in plant development.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Review
- Navigating heavy metal stress: emerging roles of TOR and SnRK signaling in plant tolerance.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Review
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Abstract
Plants harness light through photosynthesis to produce chemical energy, a cornerstone of life on Earth. However, environmental challenges, such as insufficient light, nutrient deficiencies, and abiotic stresses, often disrupt energy availability, compelling plants to activate autophagy. This process degrades superfluous or damaged cellular components to recycle building blocks for vital functions. Like animals and yeast, plants employ conserved energy-sensing pathways, notably the antagonistic SNF1-related kinase 1 (SnRK1; homologous to AMP-activated protein kinase in animals) and target of rapamycin (TOR) signaling cascades. Plants have also evolved unique strategies to initiate autophagy when faced with energy stress. Recent studies have elucidated plant-specific mechanisms, including the pivotal role of FCS-like zinc finger proteins in integrating stress and metabolic signals to modulate SnRK1 and TOR activity. This review synthesizes the current understanding of autophagy regulation in plants under energy stress, emphasizing how SnRK1 and TOR orchestrate cellular homeostasis. It also examines organelle-phagy-chlorophagy, mitophagy, and lipophagy-in sustaining energy balance during stress. Amid intensifying climate challenges, including drought, nutrient scarcity, and erratic weather, elucidating these mechanisms is critical for engineering crops with enhanced resilience and productivity, thereby addressing global food security challenges. Furthermore, as autophagy is conserved across eukaryotes, plant research offers insight into universal cellular processes, potentially informing applications related to human health. This review also consolidates recent advances and proposes future research to deepen our understanding of energy signaling and autophagy in plants.
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