Latest news on Arabidopsis brassinosteroid perception and signaling

Brassinosteroids (BR) are plant hormones regulating growth and development. In interaction with other hormones, they are involved in environmental cue responses. The standard BR response pathway model in Arabidopsis includes the perception of the hormone by the plasma membrane receptor BRASSINOSTERO...

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Main Authors: Klaus eHarter, Janika eWitthöft
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2011.00058/full
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description Brassinosteroids (BR) are plant hormones regulating growth and development. In interaction with other hormones, they are involved in environmental cue responses. The standard BR response pathway model in Arabidopsis includes the perception of the hormone by the plasma membrane receptor BRASSINOSTEROID INSENSITIVE 1 (BRI1) and its hetero-oligomerisation with the co-receptor BRI1-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR KINASE 1 (BAK1), followed by the activation of a signaling cascade finally resulting in the expression of BR-responsive genes. Recent findings have shed new light on the molecular mechanism of BR perception, which includes the hormone-induced formation of a platform in BRI1 extracellular domain for interaction with BAK1, and on very early events of signaling at the plasma membrane-cytoplasm interface. In addition, a fast BR response pathway that modifies the membrane potential and the expansion of the cell wall – both crucial processes preceding cell elongation growth – was identified. In this review, these latest findings are summarized and discussed against the background of the standard model of BRI1-dependent signaling.
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spelling doaj.art-3e0281ef95ff4a75822eb967899ca2ed2022-12-21T19:16:25ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Plant Science1664-462X2011-10-01210.3389/fpls.2011.0005815358Latest news on Arabidopsis brassinosteroid perception and signalingKlaus eHarter0Janika eWitthöft1University of TuebingenUniversity of TuebingenBrassinosteroids (BR) are plant hormones regulating growth and development. In interaction with other hormones, they are involved in environmental cue responses. The standard BR response pathway model in Arabidopsis includes the perception of the hormone by the plasma membrane receptor BRASSINOSTEROID INSENSITIVE 1 (BRI1) and its hetero-oligomerisation with the co-receptor BRI1-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR KINASE 1 (BAK1), followed by the activation of a signaling cascade finally resulting in the expression of BR-responsive genes. Recent findings have shed new light on the molecular mechanism of BR perception, which includes the hormone-induced formation of a platform in BRI1 extracellular domain for interaction with BAK1, and on very early events of signaling at the plasma membrane-cytoplasm interface. In addition, a fast BR response pathway that modifies the membrane potential and the expansion of the cell wall – both crucial processes preceding cell elongation growth – was identified. In this review, these latest findings are summarized and discussed against the background of the standard model of BRI1-dependent signaling.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2011.00058/fullBrassinosteroidsSignal Transductionplasma membranemembrane potentialBAK1BRI1
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Latest news on Arabidopsis brassinosteroid perception and signaling
Frontiers in Plant Science
Brassinosteroids
Signal Transduction
plasma membrane
membrane potential
BAK1
BRI1
title Latest news on Arabidopsis brassinosteroid perception and signaling
title_full Latest news on Arabidopsis brassinosteroid perception and signaling
title_fullStr Latest news on Arabidopsis brassinosteroid perception and signaling
title_full_unstemmed Latest news on Arabidopsis brassinosteroid perception and signaling
title_short Latest news on Arabidopsis brassinosteroid perception and signaling
title_sort latest news on arabidopsis brassinosteroid perception and signaling
topic Brassinosteroids
Signal Transduction
plasma membrane
membrane potential
BAK1
BRI1
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