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Exploring Plant Resilience Through Secondary Metabolite Profiling: Advances in Stress Response and Crop Improvement
Author(s) -
Khan Naeem
Publication year - 2025
Publication title -
plant, cell and environment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.646
H-Index - 200
eISSN - 1365-3040
pISSN - 0140-7791
DOI - 10.1111/pce.15473
Subject(s) - metabolomics , wrky protein domain , metabolite profiling , metabolome , biology , myb , computational biology , metabolite , adaptation (eye) , shikimate pathway , arabidopsis , amino acid , biochemistry , transcription factor , bioinformatics , neuroscience , gene , aromatic amino acids , mutant
ABSTRACT The metabolome, encompassing small molecules within organisms, provides critical insights into physiology, environmental influences, and stress responses. Metabolomics enables comprehensive analysis of plant metabolites, uncovering biomarkers and mechanisms underlying stress adaptation. Regulatory genes such as MYB and WRKY are central to secondary metabolite synthesis and environmental resilience. By integrating metabolomics with genomics, researchers can explore stress‐related pathways and advance crop improvement efforts. This review examines metabolomic profiling under stress conditions, emphasizing drought tolerance mechanisms mediated by amino acids and organic acids. Additionally, it highlights the shikimate pathway's pivotal role in synthesizing amino acids and secondary metabolites essential for plant defense. These insights contribute to understanding metabolic networks that drive plant resilience, informing strategies for agricultural sustainability.