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Stress responses mediated by the CBL calcium sensors in plants 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Kyung-Nam Kim 《Plant biotechnology reports》2013,7(1):1-8
Calcium ions (Ca2+) are involved as second messenger in plant responses to a broad array of environmental stimuli, including biotic and abiotic stresses. Therefore, understanding Ca2+-signaling mechanisms may lead to the development of transgenic crops with enhanced tolerance to adverse environmental conditions. In order to initiate the signaling cascades and give rise to relevant cellular and physiological responses, changes in the parameters of Ca2+ transients should be first detected by appropriate Ca2+ sensors in plant cells. In this regard, elucidations of plant Ca2+ sensors and their target molecules are critical steps for unraveling the Ca2+ signal transduction pathways. Recent studies have revealed that plants possess many Ca2+-binding proteins with different properties, which can serve as distinct Ca2+ sensors. This present review mainly focuses on a family of calcineurin B-like Ca2+ sensors which has been most recently identified from higher plants including Arabidopsis, rice, maize and pea. 相似文献
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Research-intensive small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a crucial role in the advancement of the biotechnology industry. This paper explored the impacts of internal and contextual variables on innovative activity in Korea and compared the results of this analysis with previous studies of other countries. Our analysis of 149 Korean biotech SMEs showed that the ratio of R&D expenditure to sales, the ratio of R&D employees to total employees, CEO characteristics, governmental support and international networking are positively correlated with a firm's innovation performance. The results may help decision makers to better foster SMEs in the Korean biotechnology industry. 相似文献
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Shin EY Shin KS Lee CS Woo KN Quan SH Soung NK Kim YG Cha CI Kim SR Park D Bokoch GM Kim EG 《The Journal of biological chemistry》2002,277(46):44417-44430
Guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) have been implicated in growth factor-induced neuronal differentiation through the activation of small GTPases. Although phosphorylation of these GEFs is considered an activation mechanism, little is known about the upstream of PAK-interacting exchange factor (PIX), a member of the Dbl family of GEFs. We report here that phosphorylation of p85 betaPIX/Cool/p85SPR is mediated via the Ras/ERK/PAK2 pathway. To understand the role of p85 betaPIX in basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF)-induced neurite outgrowth, we established PC12 cell lines that overexpress the fibroblast growth factor receptor-1 in a tetracycline-inducible manner. Treatment with bFGF induces the phosphorylation of p85 betaPIX, as determined by metabolic labeling and mobility shift upon gel electrophoresis. Interestingly, phosphorylation of p85 betaPIX is inhibited by PD98059, a specific MEK inhibitor, suggesting the involvement of the ERK cascade. PAK2, a major PAK isoform in PC12 cells as well as a binding partner of p85 betaPIX, also functions upstream of p85 betaPIX phosphorylation. Surprisingly, PAK2 directly binds to ERK, and its activation is dependent on ERK. p85 betaPIX specifically localizes to the lamellipodia at neuronal growth cones in response to bFGF. A mutant form of p85 betaPIX (S525A/T526A), in which the major phosphorylation sites are replaced by alanine, shows significant defect in targeting. Moreover, expression of the mutant p85 betaPIX efficiently blocks PC12 cell neurite outgrowth. Our study defines a novel signaling pathway for bFGF-induced neurite outgrowth that involves activation of the PAK2-p85 betaPIX complex via the ERK cascade and subsequent translocation of this complex. 相似文献
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Novel CIPK1-associated proteins in Arabidopsis contain an evolutionarily conserved C-terminal region that mediates nuclear localization
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Environmental stimuli, including light, pathogens, hormones, and abiotic stresses, elicit changes in the cytosolic Ca(2+) signatures of plant cells. However, little is known about the molecular mechanisms by which plants sense and transmit the specific cytoplasmic Ca(2+) signal into the nucleus, where gene regulation occurs to respond appropriately to the stress. In this study, we have identified two novel Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) proteins specifically associated with Calcineurin B-Like-Interacting Protein Kinase1 (CIPK1), a member of Ser/Thr protein kinases that interact with the calcineurin B-like Ca(2+)-binding proteins. These two proteins contain a very similar C-terminal region (180 amino acids in length, 81% similarity), which is required and sufficient for both interaction with CIPK1 and translocation to the nucleus. Interestingly, the conserved C-terminal region was also found in many proteins from various eukaryotic organisms, including humans. However, none of them have been characterized so far. Taken together, these findings suggest that the two proteins containing the evolutionarily conserved C-terminal region (ECT1 and ECT2) may play a critical role in relaying the cytosolic Ca(2+) signals to the nucleus, thereby regulating gene expression. 相似文献
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