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Review
. 2021 Jan;63(1):53-78.
doi: 10.1111/jipb.13061.

Protein kinases in plant responses to drought, salt, and cold stress

Xuexue Chen  1 , Yanglin Ding  1 , Yongqing Yang  1 , Chunpeng Song  2 , Baoshan Wang  3 , Shuhua Yang  1 , Yan Guo  1 , Zhizhong Gong  1   4
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Review

Protein kinases in plant responses to drought, salt, and cold stress

Xuexue Chen et al. J Integr Plant Biol. 2021 Jan.

Abstract

Protein kinases are major players in various signal transduction pathways. Understanding the molecular mechanisms behind plant responses to biotic and abiotic stresses has become critical for developing and breeding climate-resilient crops. In this review, we summarize recent progress on understanding plant drought, salt, and cold stress responses, with a focus on signal perception and transduction by different protein kinases, especially sucrose nonfermenting1 (SNF1)-related protein kinases (SnRKs), mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascades, calcium-dependent protein kinases (CDPKs/CPKs), and receptor-like kinases (RLKs). We also discuss future challenges in these research fields.

Keywords: CDPKs; MAPK cascade; RLKs; SnRKs; cold stress; drought stress; salt stress.

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