Abstract
Phospholipid signalling is mediated by phospholipid breakdown products generated by phospholipases. The enzymes from animals and plants generating known or potential lipid-derived second messengers are compared. Plants possess a phospholipase C and a phospholipase A2 both of which are agonist-activated. These agonists (auxin, elicitors, perhaps others) bind to the external surface of the plasma membrane. The target enzyme for potential plant lipid-derived second messengers is lipid-activated protein kinase but the possibility that other enzymes may be also lipid-modulated should not be precluded.
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Abbreviations
- DAG:
-
diacylglycerol
- CDPK:
-
calmodulin-like domain protein kinase
- PLA2:
-
phospholipase A2
- PLC:
-
phospholipase C
- PLD:
-
phospholipase D
- PKC:
-
protein kinase C
- PS:
-
phosphatidylserine
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Scherer, G.F.E. Phospholipid signalling and lipid-derived second messengers in plants. Plant Growth Regul 18, 125–133 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00028497
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