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List of contributors xi
Preface xvi
Acknowledgments xviii
1 Transmembrane Receptors in Plants: Receptor Kinases and Their Ligands Keiko U. Torii 1
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Classifications of the RLK superfamily 2
1.3 Redundancy and antagonism among closely related RLKs 4
1.4 Ligands for RLKs 7
1.5 Small peptides 9
1.6 Cysteine-rich extracellular proteins 12
1.7 Other possible ligands and their-corresponding receptors 14
1.8 Ligand-receptor interactions 15
1.9 Early events in receptor kinase signaling: dynamics of receptor activation 17
1.10 Early events in receptor kinase signaling: emerging link to small GTP-binding proteins 20
1.11 Future perspectives 21
2 Heterotrimeric G-Protein-Coupled Signaling in Higher Plants Lei Ding Jin-Gui Chen Alan M. Jones Sarah M. Assmann 30
2.1 Introduction 31
2.2 Heterotrimeric G proteins in nonplant systems 31
2.3 Heterotrimeric G proteins in higher plants 34
2.4 Conclusions and future directions 54
3 ROP/RAC GTPase Ying Fu Tsutomu Kawasaki Ko Shimamoto Zhenbiao Yang 64
3.1 Introduction 64
3.2 Structural conservation and diversification 66
3.3 Physiological functions and downstream signaling 67
3.4 Mechanisms for the regulation of the ROP GTPase "ON/OFF" status 83
3.5 Potential upstream regulators of ROP signaling 88
3.6 Future perspectives 90
4 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Cascades in Plant Intracellular Signaling Shuqun Zhang 100
4.1 Mitogen-activated protein kinase cascades are evolutionarily conserved signaling modules in eukaryotic cells 100
4.2 History of plant MAPK research 101
4.3 Plant MAPK cascades 102
4.4 Negative regulation of plant MAPK cascades 104
4.5 Importanttools/techniques in MAPK research 105
4.6 Biological functions of MAPK cascades in plants 108
4.7 Signaling specificity of plant MAPK cascades 124
4.8 Conclusion remarks 126
5 Calcium Signals and Their Regulation Zhen-Ming Pei Simon Gilroy 137
5.1 Introduction 137
5.2 Ca[superscript 2+] as a second messenger in plants: of signatures and switches 138
5.3 Ca[superscript 2+] channels and pumps 141
5.4 Decoding the Ca[superscript 2+] signal 143
5.5 Ca[superscript 2+] and Nod-factor signaling: a role for kinases in decoding the Ca[superscript 2+] signal? 144
5.6 Ca[superscript 2+] uptake and transport 149
5.7 Sensing extracellular Ca[superscript 2+] 150
5.8 Ca[superscript 2+], light, and circadian [Ca superscript 2+] oscillations 151
5.9 Conclusions and perspectives 153
6 Paradigms and Networks for Intracellular Calcium Signaling in Plant Cells Sheng Luan 163
6.1 Introduction 163
6.2 CDPKs, plant calcium "sensor responders" 165
6.3 CaM: small calcium sensors with a variety of target proteins 168
6.4 The CBL-CIPK network 174
6.5 Perspectives: complex networks for Ca[superscript 2+] decoding in plant cells 180
7 Reactive Oxygen Signaling in Plants Gad Miller Jesse Coutu Vladimir Shulaev Ron Mittler 189
7.1 Introduction to reactive oxygen metabolism 189
7.2 ROS signaling and its modulation by the ROS gene network 190
7.3 Subcellular localization and coordination of the ROS network 194
7.4 Key components of the ROS gene network identified by reverse genetics 195
7.5 The ROS signal transduction pathway of plants 195
7.6 Summary 196
8 Lipid-Mediated Signaling Wendy F. Boss Daniel V. Lynch Xuemin Wang 202
8.1 Introduction 202
8.2 Plant-specific features of phosphoinositide signaling 203
8.3 Phospholipase D signaling 217
8.4 Sphingolipid signaling 224
8.5 Summary 232
9 The Cytoskeleton and Signal Transduction: Role and Regulation of Plant Actin- and Microtubule-Binding Proteins Patrick J. Hussey Takashi Hashimoto 244
9.1 Actin cytoskeleton 245
9.2 Actin nucleation 245
9.3 Actin-binding proteins that modulate monomer/polymer dynamics 249
9.4 Microtubule cytoskeleton 253
9.5 ROP 254
9.6 Protein phosphorylation 255
9.7 Calcium 261
9.8 Conclusion 262
10 The PCI Complexes and the Ubiquitin Proteasome System (UPS) in Plant Development Yair Halimi Daniel A. Chamovitz 273
10.1 General overview 273
10.2 The PCI complexes 274
10.3 PCI/MPN domain 278
10.4 Inter-PCI-complex relationships 279
10.5 Ubiquitin and ubiquitin-conjugating cascade 280
10.6 Other COP/DET proteins 286
10.7 The UPS and plant physiology 288
11 Signaling Between the Organelles and the Nucleus Aurora Pinas Fernandez Asa Strand 307
11.1 Introduction 307
11.2 Plastid-to-nucleus communication 308
11.3 Mitochondria-to-nucleus communication 318
11.4 Emission of organellar signals 321
11.5 Targets of retrograde communication 323
11.6 Organelle-to-organelle communication 325
11.7 Concluding remarks 327
12 Signaling by Protein Phosphorylation in Cell Division Michiko Sasabe Yasunori Machida 336
12.1 Introduction 336
12.2 Progression of mitosis by cyclin-dependent kinases in plants 337
12.3 Aurora kinases in plants 339
12.4 Cytokinesis modulated by the MAP kinase cascade 345
12.5 Concluding remarks 351
13 Guard Cell Signaling Yan Wu 362
13.1 Introduction 362
13.2 ABA-mediated guard cell signaling 364
13.3 CO[subscript 2] signaling in guard cells 373
13.4 Light signaling in guard cells 375
13.5 Innate immunity in guard cells 377
13.6 Extracellular Ca[superscript 2+] sensing in guard cells 378
13.7 Conclusions and prospects 379
14 The Molecular Networks of Abiotic Stress Signaling Zhizhong Gong Viswanathan Chinnusamy Jian-Kang Zhu 388
14.1 Introduction 389
14.2 Abscisic acid 389
14.3 The molecular mechanisms of salt tolerance 395
14.4 The transcriptional regulation of cold- and drought-inducible genes 398
14.5 Oxidative stress management 402
14.6 Posttranscriptionl regulation of gene expression 403
14.7 Future perspectives 406
Index 417
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