Plant mitogen-activated protein kinases and their roles in mediation of signal transduction in abiotic stresses

doi:10.1007/s11703-011-1072-8

Front Agric Chin

2011, Vol. 5

Issue (2) : 187-195 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11703-011-1072-8

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Plant mitogen-activated protein kinases and their roles in mediation of signal transduction in abiotic stresses

Ruijuan LI², Chengjin GUO¹, Xiaojuan LI², Juntao GU², Wenjing LU²(

), Kai XIAO¹(

)

1. College of Agronomy, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding 071001, China; 2. College of Life Sciences, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding 071001, China

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Abstract

Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade plays a central role in transfer information from diverse receptors/sensors to a wide range of cellular responses in plants. MAP kinases are organized into a complex network for efficient transmission of specific stimuli, including the abiotic stress signaling. In recent years, the mutants of loss-of-function and gain-of-function, and other additional tools are used to investigate the plant MAPK cascades. This review has summarized the recent progress on the MAPK cascade involved in mediation of the transduction of several pronounced abiotic stress signalings, such as salt, drought, low and high temperature, wound, hormone, and deficient nutrients. Currently, although part of the components of the MAPK cascade responding to the abiotic stresses have been identified, the integral molecular mechanisms of the abiotic stresses signaling transduction mediated via MAPK cascade are largely unknown and need to be elucidated further in the future.

Keywords MAP kinase abiotic stress signaling signal transduction molecular mechanism

Corresponding Author(s): LU Wenjing,Email:xiaokai@hebau.edu.cn; XIAO Kai,Email:luwenjing@sohu.com

Issue Date: 05 June 2011

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Ruijuan LI,Chengjin GUO,Xiaojuan LI, et al. Plant mitogen-activated protein kinases and their roles in mediation of signal transduction in abiotic stresses[J]. Front Agric Chin, 2011, 5(2): 187-195.

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Fig.1 The schematic diagram of MAPK cascade mediating the abiotic stress signaling transduction in plants.

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