Large-scale phenomics identifies primary and fine-tuning roles for CRKs in responses related to oxidative stress

Bourdais, Gildas, Burdiak, Paweł, Gauthier, Adrien, Nitsch, Lisette, Salojärvi, Jarkko, Rayapuram, Channabasavangowda, Idänheimo, Niina, Hunter, Kerri, Kimura, Sachie, Merilo, Ebe, Vaattovaara, Aleksia, Oracz, Krystyna, Kaufholdt, David, Pallon, Andres, Anggoro, Damar Tri, Glów, Dawid, Lowe, Jennifer, Zhou, Ji, Mohammadi, Omid, Puukko, Tuomas, Albert, Andreas, Lang, Hans, Ernst, Dieter, Kollist, Hannes, Brosché, Mikael, Durner, Jörg, Borst, Jan Willem, Collinge, David B., Karpiński, Stanisław, Lyngkjær, Michael F., Robatzek, Silke, Wrzaczek, Michael and Kangasjärvi, Jaakko (2015) Large-scale phenomics identifies primary and fine-tuning roles for CRKs in responses related to oxidative stress. PLoS Genetics, 11 (7). ISSN 1553-7404

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Abstract

Cysteine-rich receptor-like kinases (CRKs) are transmembrane proteins characterized by the presence of two domains of unknown function 26 (DUF26) in their ectodomain. The CRKs form one of the largest groups of receptor-like protein kinases in plants, but their biological functions have so far remained largely uncharacterized. We conducted a large-scale phenotyping approach of a nearly complete crk T-DNA insertion line collection showing that CRKs control important aspects of plant development and stress adaptation in response to biotic and abiotic stimuli in a non-redundant fashion. In particular, the analysis of reactive oxygen species (ROS)-related stress responses, such as regulation of the stomatal aperture, suggests that CRKs participate in ROS/redox signalling and sensing. CRKs play general and fine-tuning roles in the regulation of stomatal closure induced by microbial and abiotic cues. Despite their great number and high similarity, large-scale phenotyping identified specific functions in diverse processes for many CRKs and indicated that CRK2 and CRK5 play predominant roles in growth regulation and stress adaptation, respectively. As a whole, the CRKs contribute to specificity in ROS signalling. Individual CRKs control distinct responses in an antagonistic fashion suggesting future potential for using CRKs in genetic approaches to improve plant performance and stress tolerance.

Item Type: Article
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > The Sainsbury Laboratory
Faculty of Science > School of Computing Sciences
Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Plant Sciences
Depositing User: Pure Connector
Date Deposited: 04 Mar 2017 01:41
Last Modified: 21 Mar 2024 01:49
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/62853
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005373

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