Regulation of Arabidopsis MAPKKK18 by ABI1 and SnRK2, Components of the ABA Signaling Pathway

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Journal Plant Signal Behav

Specialty Biology

Date 2016 Feb 9

PMID 26852793

Citations 13

Authors

Malgorzata Tajdel

Filip Mitula

Agnieszka Ludwikow

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Abstract

The plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA), a key regulator in many crucial developmental and physiological processes, recruits diverse components into precisely regulated signaling network. We recently discovered that MAPKKK18, an ABA-activated kinase, is regulated by the protein phosphatase type 2C (PP2C) ABI1 and the kinase SnRK2.6, both components of the ABA core signaling pathway. ABI1 acts to inhibit MAPKKK18 kinase activity, but also affects MAPKKK18 protein turnover via the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. SnRK2.6 kinase also seems to be important for the regulation of MAPKKK18 function. In this review we summarize the mechanisms that are exclusively involved in MAPKKK18 kinase regulation and that ensure specificity in its activation.

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