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ArticlePLoS genetics2011

Phosphorylation-dependent differential regulation of plant growth, cell death, and innate immunity by the regulatory receptor-like kinase BAK1.

Benjamin Schwessinger, Milena Roux, Yasuhiro Kadota, Vardis Ntoukakis, Jan Sklenar, Alexandra Jones, Cyril Zipfel

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Article in PLoS genetics, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 247 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Benjamin SchwessingerThe Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom.
Milena Roux
Yasuhiro Kadota
Vardis Ntoukakis
Jan Sklenar
Alexandra Jones
Cyril Zipfel
Sainsbury Laboratory · GBNorwich Research Park · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plants rely heavily on receptor-like kinases (RLKs) for perception and integration of external and internal stimuli. The Arabidopsis regulatory leucine-rich repeat RLK (LRR-RLK) BAK1 is involved in steroid hormone responses, innate immunity, and cell death control. Here, we describe the differential regulation of three different BAK1-dependent signaling pathways by a novel allele of BAK1, bak1-5. Innate immune signaling mediated by the BAK1-dependent RKs FLS2 and EFR is severely compromised in bak1-5 mutant plants. However, bak1-5 mutants are not impaired in BR signaling or cell death control. We also show that, in contrast to the RD kinase BRI1, the non-RD kinases FLS2 and EFR have very low kinase activity, and we show that neither was able to trans-phosphorylate BAK1 in vitro. Furthermore, kinase activity for all partners is completely dispensable for the ligand-induced heteromerization of FLS2 or EFR with BAK1 in planta, revealing another pathway specific mechanistic difference. The specific suppression of FLS2- and EFR-dependent signaling in bak1-5 is not due to a differential interaction of BAK1-5 with the respective ligand-binding RK but requires BAK1-5 kinase activity. Overall our results demonstrate a phosphorylation-dependent differential control of plant growth, innate immunity, and cell death by the regulatory RLK BAK1, which may reveal key differences in the molecular mechanisms underlying the regulation of ligand-binding RD and non-RD RKs.

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Cell DeathSignal TransductionAllelesArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsCloning, MolecularGene Expression Regulation, PlantHypocotylImmunity, InnatePhosphorylationPlants, Genetically ModifiedPoint MutationProtein KinasesProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesReactive Oxygen SpeciesReceptors, Pattern RecognitionArabidopsis ProteinsBAK1 protein, ArabidopsisBRI1 protein, ArabidopsisEFR protein, ArabidopsisFLS2 protein, ArabidopsisProtein KinasesProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesReactive Oxygen SpeciesReceptors, Pattern RecognitionRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSteroids

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PMID21593986
PMCPMC3085482
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