Journal article
Calcium/calmodulin-mediated signal network in plants
Trends in plant science, Vol.8(10), pp.505-512
10/2003
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/111631
PMID: 14557048
Abstract
Various extracellular stimuli elicit specific calcium signatures that can be recognized by different calcium sensors. Calmodulin, the predominant calcium receptor, is one of the best-characterized calcium sensors in eukaryotes. In recent years, completion of the Arabidopsis genome project and advances in functional genomics have helped to identify and characterize numerous calmodulin-binding proteins in plants. There are some similarities in Ca(2+)/calmodulin-mediated signaling in plants and animals. However, plants possess multiple calmodulin genes and many calmodulin target proteins, including unique protein kinases and transcription factors. Some of these proteins are likely to act as "hubs" during calcium signal transduction. Hence, a better understanding of the function of these calmodulin target proteins should help in deciphering the Ca(2+)/calmodulin-mediated signal network and its role in plant growth, development and response to environmental stimuli.
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- Title
- Calcium/calmodulin-mediated signal network in plants
- Creators
- Tianbao Yang - Center for Integrated Biotechnology and Department of Horticulture, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6414, USAB W Poovaiah
- Publication Details
- Trends in plant science, Vol.8(10), pp.505-512
- Academic Unit
- Horticulture, Department of
- Publisher
- England
- Identifiers
- 99900547532401842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article