ATMPKs: a gene family of plant MAP kinases in Arabidopsis thaliana

FEBS Letters

Mizoguchi, Tsuyoshi¹  Hayashida, Nobuaki¹  Yamaguchi-Shinozaki, Kazuko¹  Shinozaki, Kazuo¹  Kamada, Hiroshi² 

[1] Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (Riken), Tsukuba Life Science Center, 3-1-1 Koyadai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan;Institute of Biological Sciences, The University of Tsukuba, Tennohdai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan

关键词: Arabidopsis thaliana;    Protein kinase;    MAP kinase;   

DOI  :  10.1016/0014-5793(93)80852-L

学科分类：生物化学/生物物理

来源: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

【 摘 要 】

We previously reported two cDNAs for MAP kinases (cATMPK1 and cATMPK2) from a dicot plant, Arabidopsis thaliana. We describe here the cloning and characterization of five additional cDNAs encoding novel MAP kinases in Arabidopsis, CATMPK3, cATMPK4, cATMPK5, cATMPK6, and cATMPK7. The amino acid residues corresponding to the sites of phosphorylation (Thr-Glu-Tyr) that are involved in the activation of animal MAP kinases are conserved in all the seven putative ATMPK proteins. Genes for MAP kinases in Arabidopsis constitute a family that contains more than seven members. Sequence analysis suggests that there are at least three subfamilies in the family of Arabidopsis genes for MAP kinases.

【 授权许可】

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