title: Phosphorylation of viral movement proteins--regulation of cell-to-cell trafficking.
abstract: In plants, proteins and nucleoprotein complexes can traffic from cell to cell, via plasmodesmata. Studies based on viral movement proteins (MP) have revealed that such trafficking events are likely to be regulated at the level of protein phosphorylation. Plasmodesmal-associated protein kinases could play a central role in plant defense, in addition to regulating the translatability of endogenous MP-mRNA complexes that function at a supracellular level.
authors.affiliation: Section of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Lucas
mesh_terms: D001692:Biological Transport; D002450:Cell Communication; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000378:metabolism; D007365:Intercellular Junctions / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D059828:Plant Cells; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism / Q000821:virology*; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D014027:Tobacco Mosaic Virus / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014764:Viral Proteins; D011494:Protein Kinases; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases