Cell signaling under salt, water and cold stresses

Curr Opin Plant Biol. 2001 Oct;4(5):401-6. doi: 10.1016/s1369-5266(00)00192-8.

Abstract

Forward genetics and biochemical approaches to studying plant responses to salt, water and cold stresses began to bear fruit recently. Analysis of salt overly sensitive (sos) Arabidopsis mutants revealed a novel calcium-regulated protein kinase pathway for response to the ionic aspect of salt stress. In-gel kinase assays identified several SOS-independent protein kinases that are either activated specifically by osmotic stress or by multiple abiotic and biotic stresses. Molecular analysis revealed a transcriptional cascade in cold-regulated gene expression.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Physiological / genetics
  • Adenosine Triphosphatases / genetics
  • Adenosine Triphosphatases / metabolism
  • Carrier Proteins / genetics
  • Carrier Proteins / metabolism
  • Cold Temperature
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / genetics
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / metabolism
  • Plants / genetics
  • Plants / metabolism*
  • SOS Response, Genetics
  • Salts / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction* / genetics
  • Water / metabolism

Substances

  • Carrier Proteins
  • Salts
  • Water
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
  • Adenosine Triphosphatases
  • RING-finger binding protein, Oryctolagus cuniculus