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ArticleThe Plant cell2002

Convergence and divergence of stress-induced mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathways at the level of two distinct mitogen-activated protein kinase kinases.

Francesca Cardinale, Irute Meskiene, Fatma Ouaked, Heribert Hirt

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Article in The Plant cell, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

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Francesca CardinaleInstitute of Microbiology and Genetics, Vienna Biocenter, University of Vienna, Dr. Bohrgasse 9, A-1030 Vienna, Austria.
Irute Meskiene
Fatma Ouaked
Heribert Hirt

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Abstract

Plants respond to biotic and abiotic stresses by inducing overlapping sets of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) and response genes. To define the mechanisms of how different signals can activate a common signaling pathway, upstream activators of SIMK, a salt stress- and pathogen-induced alfalfa MAPK, were identified. Here, we compare the properties of SIMKK, a MAPK kinase (MAPKK) that mediates the activation of SIMK by salt stress, with those of PRKK, a distantly related novel MAPKK. Although both SIMKK and PRKK show strongest interaction with SIMK, SIMKK can activate SIMK without stimulation by upstream factors. In contrast, PRKK requires activation by an upstream activated MAPKK kinase. SIMKK mediates pathogen elicitor signaling and salt stress, but PRKK transmits only elicitor-induced MAPK activation. Of four tested MAPKs, PRKK activates three of them (SIMK, MMK3, and SAMK) upon elicitor treatment of cells. However, PRKK is unable to activate any MAPK upon salt stress. In contrast, SIMKK activates SIMK and MMK3 in response to elicitor, but it activates only SIMK upon salt stress. These data show that (1) MAPKKs function as convergence points for stress signals, (2) MAPKKs activate multiple MAPKs, and (3) signaling specificity is obtained not only through the inherent affinities of MAPKK-MAPK combinations but also through stress signal-dependent intracellular mechanisms.

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Signal TransductionAmino Acid SequenceCloning, MolecularGene ExpressionMAP Kinase Kinase KinasesMAP Kinase Signaling SystemMedicago sativaMitogen-Activated Protein Kinase KinasesMitogen-Activated Protein KinasesMolecular Sequence DataPlant ProteinsPlants, Genetically ModifiedSequence Homology, Amino AcidSodium ChlorideTransfectionMAP Kinase Kinase KinasesMitogen-Activated Protein Kinase KinasesMitogen-Activated Protein KinasesMMK2 protein, Medicago sativaPlant Proteinssalt stress-induced MAP kinaseSIMKK protein, Medicago sativaSodium Chloride

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PMID11910015
PMCPMC150590

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