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Structure and functions of plant calcium-dependent protein kinases Klimecka M; Muszynska GActa Biochim Pol 2007[]; 54 (2): 219-33Calcium ions as second messengers play an essential role in many important cellular processes. In plants, transient changes in calcium content in the cytosol (calcium signatures) have been observed during growth, development and under stress conditions. Such diverse functions require many different calcium sensors. One of the largest and most differentiated group of calcium sensors are protein kinases, among them calcium-dependent protein kinases (CDPKs) which were identified only in plants and protists. CDPKs have a regulatory domain which is able to bind calcium ions. For regulation of CDPKs activities not only calcium ions but also specific phospholipids and autophosphorylation are responsible. CDPKs have many different substrates, which reflects the diversity of their functions. Potential protein substrates of CDPK are involved in carbon and nitrogen metabolism, phospholipid synthesis, defense responses, ion and water transport, cytoskeleton organization, transcription and hormone responses. Presently, participation of CDPKs in stress signal transduction pathways (e.g., cold, drought, high salinity, wounding) is intensively studied in many laboratories. An intriguing, but still not fully clarified problem is the cross-talk via CDPKs among different signaling pathways that enables signal integration at different levels and ensure appropriate downstream responses.|Calcium Signaling[MESH]|Isoenzymes/chemistry/genetics/metabolism[MESH]|Molecular Structure[MESH]|Phosphorylation[MESH]|Plant Development[MESH]|Plant Growth Regulators/pharmacology[MESH]|Plants/drug effects/*enzymology/genetics[MESH]|Protein Kinases/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism[MESH]|Signal Transduction[MESH]|Substrate Specificity[MESH]|Transcription, Genetic[MESH] |
