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Mechanical Stimulation-induced Calcium Wave Propagation in Cell Monolayers: The Example of Bovine Corneal Endothelial Cells
Published on: July 16, 2013
[Plant protein kinases stimulated by calcium]
Krzysztof Jaworski1, Adriana Szmidt-Jaworska, Jan Kopcewicz
1Departament of Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, Nicolaus Copernicus University, 9 Gagarina St., 87-100 Toruń, Poland. jaworski@biol.uni.torun.pl
Abstract:
Calcium signals play an important role in many aspects of plant growth and development, including plant response to biotic and abiotic stress. The stimulus characteristic intracellular Ca2+ signals are generated in plant cells by a variety of stimuli, including changes in environmental conditions, interaction with microbes and growth and development processes. Cytoplasmatic calcium brings about responses by interacting with target proteins, like calcium-dependent kinases. In plant there are at least five classes of protein kinases (CDPK, CRK, CCaMK, CaMK and SnRK3), which activity is regulated by calcium ions. In this article the structure, regulation and function of calcium stimulated protein kinases are briefly reviewed.
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