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Protein kinases in elicitor signal transduction in plant cells

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Plants have the ability to respond to pathogen invasion by specific defense reactions. Components of mammalian signal transduction chains have been identified in plants, and several lines of evidence have implicated such components in elicitor signal transmission in defense responses. In particular, it has been assumed that elicitor signals are transduced via a protein kinase cascade, although the identity of the protein kinases and the function of the phosphorylated proteins remain to be determined. The purpose of this review is to discuss the roles of protein kinases in elicitor signal transduction pathways in plant cells based on recent progress in this field.

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Abbreviations

avr :

gene. avirulence gene

ERK:

extracellular signal-regulated kinase

HR:

hypersensitive response

IL-1R:

interleukin-1 receptor

IRAK:

IL-R associated protein kinase

JNK:

c-Jun N-teminal kinase

JNKK, JNK:

kinase

LRR:

leucine-rich repeat

MAPK:

mitogen-activated protein kinase

MAPKK:

MAPK kinase

MAPKKK:

MAPKK kinase

MBP:

myelin basic protein

MEK:

MAPK and ERK kinase

MEKK1, MEK:

kinase 1

MKK4, MAPK:

kinase 4

PR:

protein, pathogenesisrelated protein

PR5K:

PR5-like receptor kinase; pcd, programmed cell death

PGIP:

polygalacturonase inhibitor protein

PLA2 :

phospholipase

A2 :

R gene, resistance gene

SAPK:

stressactivated protein kinase

SEK, SAPK and ERK:

kinase

SLG:

S-locus glycoprotein

SRK:

S-locus receptor kinase

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Suzuki, K., Shinshi, H. Protein kinases in elicitor signal transduction in plant cells. J. Plant Res. 109, 253–263 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02344472

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