Weiliang Shen , Yuping Huang , Jingyi Zhang

Tropical Legume Research Center, Hainan Institute of Tropical Agricultural Resources, Sanya, 572025, Hainan, China
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Legume Genomics and Genetics, 2025, Vol. 16, No. 1   
Received: 22 Dec., 2024    Accepted: 02 Feb., 2025    Published: 18 Feb., 2025

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Soybeans are an important agricultural crop in China, and photosynthesis plays a crucial role in their growth and production. This study reviewed the research progress of expression regulation of soybean photosynthetic genes, studied the role of key regulatory genes such as GmHY5, GmGLK1 and GmPIF4 in promoting chlorophyll biosynthesis, regulating chloroplast development and regulating stress response, discussed the transcriptional, post transcriptional and post translational regulatory mechanisms regulating the photosynthetic process, emphasized the potential of gene transformation with soybean variety improvement as an example, explored the application of key regulatory genes in breeding plans, and emphasized the application of marker assisted selection and gene editing in breeding climate adaptive soybean varieties. This study aims to emphasize the importance of key regulatory genes in improving photosynthetic efficiency and provide strategies for future soybean breeding and agricultural practices.

Photosynthesis; Soybean; Regulatory genes; Gene expression; Transcription factors