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In recent years, extreme weather events such as high temperature (HT) are becoming more frequent. HT has become one of the main environmental factors affecting crop growth and development. In nature, plant cells initiate corresponding tolerant mechanisms by sensing and transducing HT signals. The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade is widely involved in the signal transduction of plants to various environmental stresses. MAPK-mediated HT responses have attracted more and more attention. We herein focus on the current state of knowledge of MAPK in the plant under HT stress and summarize the mechanisms of MAPK in HT response from Ca2+ signal, reactive oxygen species (ROS) signal, heat shock transcription factor and heat shock protein, antioxidant system, and the direct downstream targets of MAPK. This review encapsulates the known plant MAPK cascade and provides prospects for ongoing research on HT response.
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 31101092), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20191437), and the open funds of the Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education (ML201906).
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Mo, S., Qian, Y., Zhang, W. et al. Mitogen-activated protein kinase action in plant response to high-temperature stress: a mini review. Protoplasma 258, 477–482 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00709-020-01603-z
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