The Roles of CDPKs as a Convergence Point of Different Signaling Pathways in Maize Adaptation to Abiotic Stress.

ABSTRACT: The calcium ion (Ca²⁺), as a well-known second messenger, plays an important role in multiple processes of growth, development, and stress adaptation in plants. As central Ca²⁺ sensor proteins and a multifunctional kinase family, calcium-dependent protein kinases (CDPKs) are widely present in plants. In maize, the signal transduction processes involved in ZmCDPKs' responses to abiotic stresses have also been well elucidated. In addition to Ca²⁺ signaling, maize ZmCDPKs are also regulated by a variety of abiotic stresses, and they transmit signals to downstream target molecules, such as transport proteins, transcription factors, molecular chaperones, and other protein kinases, through protein interaction or phosphorylation, etc., thus changing their activity

SUBMITTER: Du H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9917105 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature