Abstract: Of the many physiological processes that abscisic acid affects in plants, movement of guard cells is a particularly important one. By opening and closing stomata, the guard cells regulate water loss or retention through transpiration. Li et al. have now identified a component of the abscisic acid signaling cascade that is specific to guard cell action. The protein AAPK (abscisic acid-activated serine-threonine protein kinase), the gene for which has now been cloned from Vicia faba, responds through auto- and transphosphorylation to abscisic acid and is required for guard cell response to abscisic acid signals.Li, J., Wang, X.Q., Watson, M.B., and Assmann, S.M. (2000) Regulation of abscisic acid-induced stomatal closure and anion channels by guard cell AAPK kinase. Science 287: 300-303. [Abstract] [Full Text]
Publication Year: 2000
Publication Date: 2000-01-18
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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