Protein farnesylation in plants: a greasy tale.
Although farnesylation is required for a number of abscisic acid mediated responses in plants, knowledge of how this lipid modification of proteins regulates specific developmental and physiological processes remains unclear. Recent information from the Arabidopsis genome-sequencing project in combination with mutants deficient in farnesylation should unravel the role(s) of this process in plant signaling.
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Department of Botany, University of Toronto, 25 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Canada M5S 3B2.
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D000040:Abscisic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D018745:Genome, Plant; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D017368:Protein Prenylation; D015398:Signal Transduction
D010940:Plant Proteins; D000040:Abscisic Acid