| Literature DB >> 20018402 |
Sandra Postel1, Isabell Küfner, Christine Beuter, Sara Mazzotta, Anne Schwedt, Andrea Borlotti, Thierry Halter, Birgit Kemmerling, Thorsten Nürnberger.
Abstract
Plant receptor-like kinases (RLKs) are transmembrane proteins with putative N-terminal extracellular ligand-binding domains and C-terminal intracellular protein kinase domains. RLKs have been implicated in multiple physiological programs including plant development and immunity to microbial infection. Arabidopsis thaliana gene expression patterns support an important role of this class of proteins in biotic stress adaptation. Here, we provide a comprehensive survey of plant immunity-related RLK gene expression. We further document the role of the Arabidopsis Brassinosteroid Insensitive 1 (BRI1)-associated receptor kinase 1 (BAK1) in seemingly unrelated biological processes, such as plant development and immunity, and propose a role of this protein as an adaptor molecule that is required for proper functionality of numerous RLKs. This view is supported by the identification of an additional RLK, PEPR1, and its closest homolog, PEPR2 as BAK1-interacting RLKs. Copyright 2009 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID： 20018402 DOI： 10.1016/j.ejcb.2009.11.001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Cell Biol ISSN： 0171-9335 Impact factor: 4.492