The Arabidopsis Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinases (CDPKs) and Their Roles in Plant Growth Regulation and Abiotic Stress Responses.

ABSTRACT: As a ubiquitous secondary messenger in plant signaling systems, calcium ions (Ca²⁺) play essential roles in plant growth and development. Within the cellular signaling network, the accurate decoding of diverse Ca²⁺ signal is a fundamental molecular event. Calcium-dependent protein kinases (CDPKs), identified commonly in plants, are a kind of vital regulatory protein deciphering calcium signals triggered by various developmental and environmental stimuli. This review chiefly introduces Ca²⁺ distribution in plant cells, the classification of Arabidopsis thaliana CDPKs (AtCDPKs), the identification of the Ca²⁺-AtCDPK signal transduction mechanism and AtCDPKs’ functions involved in plant growth regulation and abiotic stress responses. The revi

SUBMITTER: Shi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6073581 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature