title: Bioinformatics Analysis of the Receptor-Like Kinase (RLK) Superfamily.
abstract: Receptor-like kinases (RLKs) play key roles during development and in responses to the environment. In plant immunity, some members of RLKs function as pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), which, upon recognition of pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMP), are recruited into active complexes to induce pathogen-triggered immunity (PTI). In this chapter, we describe the bioinformatics tools and procedures for the identification and phylogenetic classification of RLKs from different plant species as a framework for understanding RLK function in signal transduction and immunity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Institute of Science and Technology in Plant-Pest Interactions, Bioagro, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570.000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Otávio J B
authors.initials: OJ
authors.lastname: Brustolini
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Institute of Science and Technology in Plant-Pest Interactions, Bioagro, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570.000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil.|Department of Informatics, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570.000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: José Cleydson F
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Tetsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Institute of Science and Technology in Plant-Pest Interactions, Bioagro, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570.000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil. bbfontes@ufv.br.
authors.forename: Elizabeth P B
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Fontes
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods*; D030562:Databases, Protein; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D000069550:Machine Learning; D005810:Multigene Family; D010802:Phylogeny; D057865:Plant Immunity; D000072417:Protein Domains; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D011494:Protein Kinases
keywords: Ectodomain; Leucine-rich repeat (LRR); Pattern recognition receptors (PRR); Receptor-like kinase (RLK); Serine/threonine kinase domain