Abstract
The perception of abiotic stress triggers the activation of signal transduction cascades that interact with the baseline pathways transduced by phytohormones. The convergence points among hormone signal transduction cascades are considered cross-talk, and together they form a signaling network. Through this mechanism, hormones interact by activating either a common second messenger or a phosphorylation cascade. This chapter reviews kinase cascades as cross-talk points in hormonal networks during abiotic stress conditions. These transduction cascades lead to the regulation of gene expression that directly affects the biosynthesis or action of other hormones. Examples of stress-related hormone transduction networks are provided for drought and wounding conditions. The expression of specific genes associated with drought and wounding stress will be compared with expression changes that occur during other abiotic stress conditions. This evaluation will be used to construct a model of abiotic stress signaling that incorporates the signaling components that are most common across all abiotic stress conditions and are, therefore, relevant to developing stress tolerance in crop plants.
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Abbreviations
- ABA:
-
Abscisic acid
- ABF:
-
ABA-responsive element-binding factor
- ABI:
-
ABA insensitive
- ABRE:
-
ABA-responsive element
- ACO:
-
1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate oxidase
- ACS:
-
1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid synthase
- AGO1:
-
Argonaute1
- AP2C1:
-
Arabidopsis Ser/Thr phosphatase of type 2C
- AtHK1:
-
Arabidopsis histidine kinase 1
- CDPK:
-
Calcium-dependent protein kinase
- CKX:
-
Cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase
- CPK:
-
Calcium-dependent protein kinase gene/protein abbreviation
- EIN3:
-
Ethylene insensitive
- EREBP:
-
Ethylene-responsive element-binding protein
- ERF:
-
Ethylene-response factor
- GORK:
-
Guard cell outward-rectifying K+
- GST:
-
Glutathione-S-transferase 1
- GUS:
-
β-glucuronidase
- HK:
-
Histidine kinase
- IP3 :
-
Inositol trisphosphate
- JA:
-
Jasmonic acid
- KAT:
-
K+ channel in Arabidopsis thaliana
- MAPK:
-
Mitogen-activated protein kinase
- MeJA:
-
Methyl JA
- miRNA:
-
MicroRNA
- MKK:
-
MAPK kinase
- MPK:
-
MAPK gene/protein abbreviation
- NO:
-
Nitric oxide
- OPR3:
-
12-oxophytodienoat-10,11-reductase
- PP2C:
-
Protein phosphatase 2C
- PYR:
-
Pyrabactin (4-bromo-N-[pyridin-2-yl methyl] naphthalene-1-sulfonamide) resistance
- RCAR:
-
Regulatory component of ABA receptor
- ROS:
-
Reactive oxygen species
- RSRE:
-
Rapid stress response element
- RWR:
-
Rapid wound response
- SEN1:
-
Senescence-associated protein 1
- SLAC1:
-
Slow anion channel-associated 1
- SnRK2:
-
Sucrose nonfermenting 1-related protein kinase
- TCH3:
-
Touch-induced 3
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Harrison, M.A. (2012). Cross-Talk Between Phytohormone Signaling Pathways Under Both Optimal and Stressful Environmental Conditions. In: Khan, N., Nazar, R., Iqbal, N., Anjum, N. (eds) Phytohormones and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25829-9_2
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