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Mol Plant ; 7(11): 1637-1652, 2014 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25064848

ABSTRACT

Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascades are universal signal transduction modules present in all eukaryotes. In plants, MAPK cascades were shown to regulate cell division, developmental processes, stress responses, and hormone pathways. The subgroup A of Arabidopsis MAPKs consists of AtMPK3, AtMPK6, and AtMPK10. AtMPK3 and AtMPK6 are activated by their upstream MAP kinase kinases (MKKs) AtMKK4 and AtMKK5 in response to biotic and abiotic stress. In addition, they were identified as key regulators of stomatal development and patterning. AtMPK10 has long been considered as a pseudo-gene, derived from a gene duplication of AtMPK6. Here we show that AtMPK10 is expressed highly but very transiently in seedlings and at sites of local auxin maxima leaves. MPK10 encodes a functional kinase and interacts with the upstream MAP kinase kinase (MAPKK) AtMKK2. mpk10 mutants are delayed in flowering in long-day conditions and in continuous light. Moreover, cotyledons of mpk10 and mkk2 mutants have reduced vein complexity, which can be reversed by inhibiting polar auxin transport (PAT). Auxin does not affect AtMPK10 expression while treatment with the PAT inhibitor HFCA extends the expression in leaves and reverses the mpk10 mutant phenotype. These results suggest that the AtMKK2-AtMPK10 MAPK module regulates venation complexity by altering PAT efficiency.


Subject(s)
Arabidopsis Proteins/metabolism , Arabidopsis/genetics , Indoleacetic Acids/metabolism , Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases/metabolism , Plant Leaves/anatomy & histology , Signal Transduction , Arabidopsis/metabolism , Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics , Enzyme Activation , Gene Expression Regulation, Plant , MAP Kinase Signaling System , Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases/genetics , Phosphorylation
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FEBS Lett ; 576(1-2): 5-8, 2004 Oct 08.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15474000

ABSTRACT

Mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases mediate cellular responses to a wide variety of stimuli. Activation of a MAP kinase occurs after phosphorylation by an upstream dual-specificity protein kinase, known as a MAP kinase kinase or MEK. The Arabidopsis thaliana genome encodes 10 MEKs but few of these have been shown directly to activate any of the 20 Arabidopsis MAP kinases. We show here that functional complementation of the cell lysis phenotype of a mutant yeast strain depends on the co-expression of the Arabidopsis MEK AtMKK6 and the MAP kinase AtMPK13. The kinase activity of AtMPK13 is stimulated in the presence of AtMKK6 in yeast cells. RT-PCR analysis showed the co-expression of these two genes in diverse plant tissues. These data show that AtMKK6 can functionally activate the MAP kinase AtMPK13.


Subject(s)
Arabidopsis/enzymology , Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases/metabolism , Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism , Arabidopsis/genetics , Enzyme Activation , Gene Expression , Genetic Complementation Test , Genome, Plant , Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases/genetics , Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/genetics , Mutation , Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics , Signal Transduction , Two-Hybrid System Techniques
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Biochem Biophys Res Commun ; 324(1): 382-6, 2004 Nov 05.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15465030

ABSTRACT

Profilin is a small actin-binding protein and is expressed at high levels in mature pollen where it is thought to regulate actin filament dynamics upon pollen germination and tube growth. The majority of identified plant profilins contain a MAP kinase phosphorylation motif, P-X-T-P, and a MAP kinase interaction motif (KIM). In in vitro kinase assays, the tobacco MAP kinases p45(Ntf4) and SIPK, when activated by the tobacco MAP kinase kinase NtMEK2, can phosphorylate the tobacco profilin NtProf2. Mutagenesis of the threonine residue in this motif identified it as the site of MAP kinase phosphorylation. Fractionation of tobacco pollen extracts showed that p45(Ntf4) is found exclusively in the high-speed pellet fraction while SIPK and profilin are predominantly cytosolic. These data identify one of the first substrates to be directly phosphorylated by MAP kinases in plants.


Subject(s)
Contractile Proteins/metabolism , Microfilament Proteins/metabolism , Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism , Nicotiana/enzymology , Plant Proteins/metabolism , Pollen/metabolism , Amino Acid Motifs , Amino Acid Sequence , Contractile Proteins/genetics , Enzyme Activation , MAP Kinase Kinase 2/metabolism , Microfilament Proteins/genetics , Molecular Sequence Data , Mutagenesis, Site-Directed , Phosphorylation , Plant Proteins/genetics , Pollen/chemistry , Profilins , Sequence Alignment , Nicotiana/cytology
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Ann Bot ; 90(2): 287-92, 2002 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12197527

ABSTRACT

Programmed cell death (PCD) in plants is considered an integral part of development. Evidence of DNA fragmentation, occurring at specific sites and times during embryo formation in maize (Zea mays L.), was obtained using terminal deoxyribonucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP-fluorescein nick end labelling (TUNEL) and by genomic DNA ladder detection. During the crucial period of elaboration of the primary shoot and root axis (14-20 d after pollination), TUNEL-positive nuclei are present in the scutellum, coleoptile, root cap and principally in the suspensor. Additional evidence of a form of programmed cell death occurring in these tissues comes from the detection of a DNA ladder. Upon completion of the differentiation process, all embryonic cells are TUNEL-negative, indicating that possible programmed cell death events during maize embryogenesis are confined to structures or organs that do not contribute to the adult plant body.


Subject(s)
Apoptosis/physiology , Seeds/genetics , Zea mays/genetics , Apoptosis/genetics , Cell Differentiation/genetics , Cell Differentiation/physiology , DNA Fragmentation , DNA, Plant/analysis , In Situ Nick-End Labeling , Plant Roots/genetics , Plant Roots/growth & development , Plant Shoots/genetics , Plant Shoots/growth & development , Seeds/growth & development , Zea mays/cytology , Zea mays/embryology
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