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. 2011 Nov 6;2(10):784–791. doi: 10.1007/s13238-011-1104-4

Role of plant autophagy in stress response

Shaojie Han 1, Bingjie Yu 1, Yan Wang 1, Yule Liu 1,✉
PMCID: PMC4875296  PMID: 22058033

Abstract

Autophagy is a conserved pathway for the bulk degradation of cytoplasmic components in all eukaryotes. This process plays a critical role in the adaptation of plants to drastic changing environmental stresses such as starvation, oxidative stress, drought, salt, and pathogen invasion. This paper summarizes the current knowledge about the mechanism and roles of plant autophagy in various plant stress responses.

Keywords: plant autophagy, stress response, drought and salt stress, pathogen

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