title: Diverse roles of SERK family genes in plant growth, development and defense response.
abstract: Plant receptor-like protein kinases (RLKs) are transmembrane proteins with an extracellular domain and an intracellular kinase domain, which enable plant perceiving diverse extracellular stimuli to trigger the intracellular signal transduction. The somatic embryogenesis receptor kinases (SERKs) code the leucine-rich-repeat receptor-like kinase (LRR-RLK), and have been demonstrated to associate with multiple ligand-binding receptors to regulate plant growth, root development, male fertility, stomatal development and movement, and immune responses. Here, we focus on the progress made in recent years in understanding the versatile functions of Arabidopsis SERK proteins, and review SERK proteins as co-receptor to perceive different endogenous and environmental cues in different signaling pathway, and discuss how the kinase activity of SERKs is regulated by various modification.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Plant Cell Engineering and Germplasm Innovation, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Plant Cell Engineering and Germplasm Innovation, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China.
authors.forename: Minmin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Plant Cell Engineering and Germplasm Innovation, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China. baimingyi@sdu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Ming-Yi
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Bai
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000382:microbiology; D060467:Disease Resistance / Q000235:genetics*; D035264:Flowers / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D005810:Multigene Family / Q000235:genetics*; D009154:Mutation; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; D011494:Protein Kinases; C106294:SERK protein, plant
keywords: RLK; SERK; signal transduction