Dual Roles of m6A Modification: Orchestrating Development and Abiotic Stress Resilience in Plants
Yang Sun, Wen Qin, Yiting Gong, Yinqiao Jian, Fangling Jiang, Rosa M. Rivero, Ron Mittler, Zhen Wu, Rong Zhou · 2026
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Description
Yang Sun and eight co-authors review a chemical mark placed on plant RNA messages, called m6A, and its double role in plant life. The mark helps steer growth from embryo to flowering and fruit ripening. It also helps plants withstand salt, drought, cold, and heat. Enzymes write the mark onto messages, others erase it, and reader proteins act on it, together tuning how long messages last and how well they are translated.
The review covers how the mark talks with the packaging of DNA and how its effects vary by species, variety, and tissue. New ideas covered include droplets that gather marked messages and a form of stress memory. The authors note big gaps remain, such as how translation starts on marked messages and what controls the writers and erasers. They frame the review as a base for one day tuning this layer to improve crops.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yang Sun, Wen Qin, Yiting Gong, Yinqiao Jian, Fangling Jiang, Rosa M. Rivero, Ron Mittler, Zhen Wu, Rong Zhou |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 42 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |