MAPK transgenic circuit to improve plant stress-tolerance?

Moustafa, Khaled

doi:10.4161/15592316.2014.970101

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“…MAPK or MPK (mitogen-activated protein kinases) proteins, a family of serine/threonine protein kinases, are involved in many important processes including stress signal transduction and development (Kong et al, 2013 ). The MAPK cascade pathway is a ubiquitous signal transduction module in eukaryotes that transmits biological signals from receptors to target molecules through a variety of intracellular and extracellular routes (Moustafa, 2014 ). The MAPK cascade component involves a three-kinase module, namely MAPK, MAPKK (MAPK kinase), and MAPKKK (MAPKK kinase; Xiang et al, 2021 ).…”

Section: The Cold-responsive Molecular Network In Maizementioning

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Recent Advances in the Analysis of Cold Tolerance in Maize

Zhou

Imran²,

Long

et al. 2022

Front. Plant Sci.

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Maize (Zea mays L.) is an annual grass that originated in tropical and subtropical regions of the New World. Maize is highly sensitive to cold stress during seed gemination and the seedling phase, which can lead to reductions in plant vigor and grain production. There are large differences in the morphological and physiological changes caused by cold stress among maize varieties. In general, cold tolerant varieties have a stronger ability to maintain such changes in traits related to seed germination, root phenotypes, and shoot photosynthesis. These morphological and physiological characteristics have been widely used to evaluate the cold tolerance of maize varieties in genetic analyses. In recent years, considerable progress has been made in elucidating the mechanisms of maize in response to cold tolerance. Several QTL, GWAS, and transcriptomic analyses have been conducted on various maize genotypes and populations that show large variations in cold tolerance, resulting in the discovery of hundreds of candidate cold regulation genes. Nevertheless, only a few candidate genes have been functionally characterized. In the present review, we summarize recent progress in molecular, physiological, genetic, and genomic analyses of cold tolerance in maize. We address the advantages of joint analyses that combine multiple genetic and genomic approaches to improve the accuracy of identifying cold regulated genes that can be further used in molecular breeding. We also discuss the involvement of long-distance signaling in plant cold tolerance. These novel insights will provide a better mechanistic understanding of cold tolerance in maize.

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Section: The Cold-responsive Molecular Network In Maizementioning

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Recent Advances in the Analysis of Cold Tolerance in Maize

Zhou

Imran²,

Long

et al. 2022

Front. Plant Sci.

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“…But still a complete cascade of MAPK involved in salt stress adaptation is missing. Researchers have established the role of different members of MAPKs in rice in response to salt stress by hunting a transgenic circuit approach (Moustafa, 2014). Overexpression of MKK1 that regulates the activity of MPK4 confers salt stress tolerance in rice through a cascade of signaling events (Wang F. et al, 2014).…”

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Integrating Classical with Emerging Concepts for Better Understanding of Salinity Stress Tolerance Mechanisms in Rice

Kaur

Pati

2017

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Rice is an important cereal crop responsible for world's food security. The sensitivity of rice plants toward a range of abiotic stresses is a prime challenge for its overall growth and productivity. Among these, salinity is a major stress which results in a significant loss of global rice yield annually. For finding straightforward and strict future solutions in order to assure the food security to growing world population, understanding of the various mechanisms responsible for salt stress tolerance in rice is of paramount importance. In classical studies, identification of salt tolerant cultivars and the genetic markers linked to salt tolerance and breeding approaches have been given emphasis. It further affirmed on the identification of various pathways regulating the complex process of salt stress adaptation. However, only limited success has been achieved in these approaches as salt tolerance is a complex process and is governed by multiple factors. Hence, for better understanding of salt tolerance mechanisms, a comprehensive approach involving physiological, biochemical and molecular studies is much warranted. Modern experimental and genetic resources have provided a momentum in this direction and have provided molecular insights into different salt stress responsive pathways at the signaling and regulatory level. The integrative knowledge of classical and modern research of the understanding of salt stress adaptive pathways can help the researchers for designing effective strategies to fight against salt stress. Hence, the present review is focused on the understanding of the salt stress tolerance mechanisms in rice through the consolidative knowledge of classical and modern concepts. It further highlights the emerging new trends of salt stress adaptive pathways in rice.

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“…Mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are large signaling protein families involved in cell responses to different types of biotic and abiotic stresses (Pedley and Martin 2005) (Taj et al 2010) (Wurzinger et al 2011) (Moustafa 2014a) (Moustafa 2014b) (Moustafa et al 2014c). In the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, four MAP kinases families have been described * : the MAP kinases family (also known as MAPK or MPK family), the MAPK kinase family (also known as MAPKK, MAP2K, MKK, or MEK), the MAPK kinase kinase family (also known as MAPKKK, MAP3K, MEKK, or MKKK), and the MAPK kinase kinase kinase (also known as MAPKKKK or MAP4K).…”

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MAP kinases nomenclature: Time for curation

Moustafa¹

2018

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The nomenclature of Mitogen Activated Protein Kinases (MAPKs) takes different formats composed of symbols, prefixes, suffixes, or descriptive acronyms of their functions that sometimes lead to confusion and make the indexed information redundant and inconsistent. To avoid such redundancy and reduce confusion, a curation of the terminology of MAP kinase families, and that of other protein families that present similar nomenclature issues, is required. Some arguable suggestions are presented here toward this goal.

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MAPK transgenic circuit to improve plant stress-tolerance?

Cited by 10 publications

References 23 publications

Recent Advances in the Analysis of Cold Tolerance in Maize

Recent Advances in the Analysis of Cold Tolerance in Maize

Integrating Classical with Emerging Concepts for Better Understanding of Salinity Stress Tolerance Mechanisms in Rice

MAP kinases nomenclature: Time for curation

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