Expanding the Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase (MAPK) Universe: An Update on MAP4Ks

Lixia Pan; Lixia Pan; Ive De Smet; Ive De Smet

doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.01220

Frontiers in Plant Science (Aug 2020)

Expanding the Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase (MAPK) Universe: An Update on MAP4Ks

Lixia Pan,
Lixia Pan,
Ive De Smet,
Ive De Smet

Affiliations

Lixia Pan: Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Lixia Pan: VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
Ive De Smet: Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Ive De Smet: VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.01220
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11

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Phosphorylation-mediated signaling cascades control plant growth and development or the response to stress conditions. One of the best studied signaling cascades is the one regulated by MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASEs (MAPKs). However, MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE KINASE KINASEs (MAP4Ks) are hardly explored. Here, we will give a comprehensive overview of what is known about plant MAP4Ks and highlight some outstanding questions associated with this largely uncharacterized class of kinases in plants.

Published in Frontiers in Plant Science

ISSN: 1664-462X (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Agriculture: Plant culture
Website: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science

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