Hydrogen sulfide: a luminous future in the postharvest preservation of fruits and vegetables
Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) has emerged as a signaling molecule that plays a crucial role in the postharvest preservation of fruits and vegetables. This review summarizes the various functions of H2S such as delaying ripening and senescence, enhancing the resistance to cold and disease, and emphasizes th...
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| author | Ya-Qin Zhao Liang-Yi Zhao Shun-Qing Hu Yuan-Yuan Hou Yong-Hua Zheng Peng Jin |
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| description | Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) has emerged as a signaling molecule that plays a crucial role in the postharvest preservation of fruits and vegetables. This review summarizes the various functions of H2S such as delaying ripening and senescence, enhancing the resistance to cold and disease, and emphasizes the underlying mechanisms. Appropriate concentrations of H2S primarily operate through stimulating the antioxidant system, while showing positive effects on physiological metabolism relevant to storage quality and shelf life including energy, sugar, proline, phenolic, membrane lipid and cell wall metabolism. Moreover, H2S may reduce storage loss by modulating the expression patterns of senescence-related genes, like those linked to ethylene. The coordination of H2S and nitric oxide (NO) combats ethylene-derived negative effects during ripening and senescence. High concentrations of H2S not only act as a regulator to induce disease resistance, but also as a fungicide to inhibit the growth and pathogenicity of fungi. The intricate crosstalk between H2S and other molecules exists via synergistic and antagonistic roles based on protein persulfidation, which is the major signaling process of H2S and appears to compete with other post-translational modifications (PTMs) for the same cysteine residues. This review summarizes H2S synthesis pathways and also discusses the correlation between the signals of H2S, Ca2+ and ABA, while highlighting the intrinsic mechanisms of H2S performing its functions in postharvest preservation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-12a1ed3f6cd54948a547367e142cf0fe2024-02-28T01:36:04ZengMaximum Academic PressFood Materials Research2771-46832022-01-012111110.48130/FMR-2022-0003FMR-2022-0003Hydrogen sulfide: a luminous future in the postharvest preservation of fruits and vegetablesYa-Qin Zhao0Liang-Yi Zhao1Shun-Qing Hu2Yuan-Yuan Hou3Yong-Hua Zheng4Peng Jin5College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 1 Weigang, Nanjing 210095, ChinaCollege of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 1 Weigang, Nanjing 210095, ChinaCollege of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 1 Weigang, Nanjing 210095, ChinaCollege of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 1 Weigang, Nanjing 210095, ChinaCollege of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 1 Weigang, Nanjing 210095, ChinaCollege of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 1 Weigang, Nanjing 210095, ChinaHydrogen sulfide (H2S) has emerged as a signaling molecule that plays a crucial role in the postharvest preservation of fruits and vegetables. This review summarizes the various functions of H2S such as delaying ripening and senescence, enhancing the resistance to cold and disease, and emphasizes the underlying mechanisms. Appropriate concentrations of H2S primarily operate through stimulating the antioxidant system, while showing positive effects on physiological metabolism relevant to storage quality and shelf life including energy, sugar, proline, phenolic, membrane lipid and cell wall metabolism. Moreover, H2S may reduce storage loss by modulating the expression patterns of senescence-related genes, like those linked to ethylene. The coordination of H2S and nitric oxide (NO) combats ethylene-derived negative effects during ripening and senescence. High concentrations of H2S not only act as a regulator to induce disease resistance, but also as a fungicide to inhibit the growth and pathogenicity of fungi. The intricate crosstalk between H2S and other molecules exists via synergistic and antagonistic roles based on protein persulfidation, which is the major signaling process of H2S and appears to compete with other post-translational modifications (PTMs) for the same cysteine residues. This review summarizes H2S synthesis pathways and also discusses the correlation between the signals of H2S, Ca2+ and ABA, while highlighting the intrinsic mechanisms of H2S performing its functions in postharvest preservation.https://www.maxapress.com/article/doi/10.48130/FMR-2022-0003hydrogen sulfidepostharvestqualitysenescencechilling injurydecay |
| spellingShingle | Ya-Qin Zhao Liang-Yi Zhao Shun-Qing Hu Yuan-Yuan Hou Yong-Hua Zheng Peng Jin Hydrogen sulfide: a luminous future in the postharvest preservation of fruits and vegetables Food Materials Research hydrogen sulfide postharvest quality senescence chilling injury decay |
| title | Hydrogen sulfide: a luminous future in the postharvest preservation of fruits and vegetables |
| title_full | Hydrogen sulfide: a luminous future in the postharvest preservation of fruits and vegetables |
| title_fullStr | Hydrogen sulfide: a luminous future in the postharvest preservation of fruits and vegetables |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hydrogen sulfide: a luminous future in the postharvest preservation of fruits and vegetables |
| title_short | Hydrogen sulfide: a luminous future in the postharvest preservation of fruits and vegetables |
| title_sort | hydrogen sulfide a luminous future in the postharvest preservation of fruits and vegetables |
| topic | hydrogen sulfide postharvest quality senescence chilling injury decay |
| url | https://www.maxapress.com/article/doi/10.48130/FMR-2022-0003 |
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