Nature Communications (May 2021)

The membrane-localized protein kinase MAP4K4/TOT3 regulates thermomorphogenesis

  • Lam Dai Vu,
  • Xiangyu Xu,
  • Tingting Zhu,
  • Lixia Pan,
  • Martijn van Zanten,
  • Dorrit de Jong,
  • Yaowei Wang,
  • Tim Vanremoortele,
  • Anna M. Locke,
  • Brigitte van de Cotte,
  • Nancy De Winne,
  • Elisabeth Stes,
  • Eugenia Russinova,
  • Geert De Jaeger,
  • Daniël Van Damme,
  • Cristobal Uauy,
  • Kris Gevaert,
  • Ive De Smet

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23112-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Plants respond to warmth via growth processes termed thermomorphogenesis. Here, via a phosphoproteomics approach, the authors show that the mitogen activated protein kinase TOT3 regulates thermomorphogenesis in both wheat and Arabidopsis and modifies brassinosteroid signaling in Arabidopsis.