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Role of mi RNA in Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals and Metal Induced Stress Alleviation

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Anthropogenic activities have contributed hugely in enhancing various types of environmental toxicity. One of these is higher accumulation of toxic heavy metals in soil and plant tissues. Although many heavy metals act as essential component for the growth and development of plants when present in low concentrations but at higher concentrations it becomes cytotoxic. Several innate mechanisms have evolved in plants to cope with it. In recent years the mechanism of using miRNA to combat metal induced toxicity has come to fore front. The miRNA or the microRNA regulates different physiological processes and induces a negative control in expressing the complementary target genes. The cleavage formation by post-transcriptional method and the inhibition of targeted translational mRNA are the two main procedures by which plant miRNAs function. The heavy and enhanced metal accumulation in plants has increased the production of different kinds of free radicals like reactive nitrogen and oxygen which damage the plants oxidatively. Several plant miRNA are capable of targeting and reducing the expression of those genes which are responsible for higher metal accumulation and storage. This can reduce the metal load and hence its negative impact on plant can also be reduced. This review depicts the biogenesis, the mode of action of miRNA, and the control mechanisms of miRNA in metal induced stress response in plant. A detailed review on the role of plant miRNA in alleviation of metal induced stress is discussed in this present study.

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Talukder, P., Saha, A., Roy, S. et al. Role of mi RNA in Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals and Metal Induced Stress Alleviation. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 195, 5712–5729 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-023-04599-3

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