title: [Progress of study on calmodulin-binding proteins in plants].
abstract: The important Ca(2+)-sensing protein, calmodulin (CaM), plays its role in regulating cellular responses by activating specific CaM-binding proteins (CaMBPs), and therefore the study of the latter is an important way to know the mechanism of CaM and elucidate the Ca(2+)-CaM signal transduction pathway. More than fifty kinds of CaMBPs have been identified in plant kingdom. CaMBPs are distributed in all plant species and all kinds of tissues; they are involved in many biological responses during the processes of growth and development, metabolism regulation and cell division, such as responses to phytohormones, to stress, and to pathogen, and transcription activation. This review summarizes the recent progress on the interaction of CaMBPs with CaM, their distribution, their subcellular localization, and involvement in biological functions.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Cell Biology, College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050016, China.
authors.forename: Guo-Hong
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: Lin-Xia
authors.initials: LX
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Da-Ye
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000378:metabolism; D002148:Calmodulin-Binding Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D063245:Plant Development; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000494:pharmacology; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D002147:Calmodulin; D002148:Calmodulin-Binding Proteins; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators; D010940:Plant Proteins; D002118:Calcium