Plant PI-PLC Signaling in Stress and Development

Overview

Journal Plant Physiol

Date 2025 Feb 10

PMID 39928581

Authors

Ana M Laxalt

Max van Hooren

Teun Munnik

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Abstract

Phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) signaling is involved in various plant stress and developmental responses. Though several aspects of this lipid signaling pathway are conserved within animals and plants, clear differences have also emerged. While animal PLC signaling is characterized by the hydrolysis of PIP2 and production of IP3 and DAG as second messengers to activate Ca2+ and PKC signaling, plant PI-PLCs seem to predominantly use PIP as substrate and convert IP2 and DAG into inositolpolyphosphates and phosphatidic acid (PA) as plant second messengers. Sequencing of multiple plant genomes confirmed that plant PLC signaling evolved differently from animals, lacking homologs of the IP3 gated-Ca2+ channel, PKC and TRP channels, and with PLC enzymes resembling the PLCζ subfamily, which lacks the conserved PH domain that binds PIP2. With emerging tools in plant molecular biology, data analyses, and advanced imaging, plant PLC signaling is ready to gain momentum.

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