Abstract
The Nuclear Factor-Y (NF-Y) family of transcription factors is ubiquitous, heterotrimeric complex which regulates plant growth, development, and stress responses. As compared to animals and fungi, the number of NF-Y subunits has significantly expanded in higher plants. NF-Ys display differential stress-responsive gene expression in various tissues and interact with abiotic stress signaling pathways to remediate the plant stress responses. The NF-Y complex regulates the target gene expression either by directly binding the promoter CCAAT- boxes or by physically interacting and mediating the binding of transcriptional activators or repressors. NF-Ys also play pivotal roles in symbiotic root nodule development, abscisic acid (ABA)-regulated seed germination, primary root development, photosynthesis, photomorphogenesis, and reproductive development. Several such functions have placed NF-Ys at the center stage of growth, development, and stress responses in the plant lineage. Herein, we have reviewed and examined the evolutionary pattern of NF-Ys, their role in plant development, biotic & abiotic stress responses, functional trait improvement, and their precise involvement in the signaling and regulatory networks associated with plant growth, development and defense.
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Abbreviations
- ABA:
-
Abscisic acid
- ABF3:
-
ABA-binding factor 3
- AB:
-
ABA insensitive
- ABRC:
-
Abscisic acid responsive complex
- bHLH:
-
Basic helix-loop-helix
- CBF:
-
C-repeat binding factor
- CDKN:
-
Cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor
- CO:
-
CONSTANS
- CO-LIKE:
-
CONSTANS-LIKE
- COR:
-
Cold regulated
- DELLA:
-
A stretch of D-E-L-L-A amino acids
- DRE:
-
Dehydration-responsive element
- DREB:
-
Dehydration-responsive element binding
- DPB3-1:
-
DNA polymerase II subunit B3-1
- ERD:
-
Early response to dehydration
- FKBP12:
-
FK506-binding protein 12
- FT:
-
Flowering locus T
- FT-like12:
-
Flowering locus T-like12
- FUS3:
-
Fusca 3
- GAI:
-
Gibberellic acid insensitive
- GHD:
-
Growth hormone deficiency
- HAP:
-
Heme activator protein
- HD1:
-
Heading date 1
- HSF:
-
Heat shock factor
- HFD:
-
Histone fold domains
- HY:
-
Elongated hypocotyl
- LEA:
-
Late embryogenesis abundant
- LEC1:
-
Leafy cotyledon 1
- lncRNA:
-
Long non-coding RNA
- MYC:
-
Myelocytomatosis oncogene
- NAC:
-
NAM, ATAF, CUC
- NBN:
-
Naïve Bayesian Network
- NCED3:
-
9-Cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase
- ncRNA:
-
Non-coding RNA
- NIN:
-
Nodule inception
- NF-Y:
-
Nuclear Factor-Y
- PIF4:
-
Phytochrome interaction factor 4
- PIN4:
-
PIN-FORMED 4
- QQS:
-
Qua-Quine-Starch
- RMST:
-
Rhabdomyosarcoma 2-associated transcript
- ROS:
-
Reactive oxygen species
- RPI:
-
RNA–protein interaction
- SCR:
-
SCARECROW
- SEN1:
-
SENESCENCE 1
- STZ:
-
SALT TOLERANT ZINC FINGER
- TF:
-
Transcription factor
- UBQ10:
-
Polyubiquitin 10
- XERICO:
-
RING-H2 gene
- XTH:
-
Xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase
- YUC2:
-
YUCCA 2
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Kavi Kishor, P.B., Ganie, S.A., Wani, S.H. et al. Nuclear Factor-Y (NF-Y): Developmental and Stress-Responsive Roles in the Plant Lineage. J Plant Growth Regul 42, 2711–2735 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-022-10739-6
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