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Tête-à-tête: the function of FKBPs in plant development.
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Tête-à-tête: the function of FKBPs in plant development.

  • Geisler M Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zurich, Institute of Plant Biology, Zolliker Strasse 108, CH-8008 Zurich, Switzerland. markus.geisler@botinst.uzh.ch
  • Bailly A
  • 2007-09-11
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  • Trends in plant science. - 2007
Animals
Chloroplasts
Photosynthesis
Plant Development
Plant Growth Regulators
Plants
Signal Transduction
Tacrolimus Binding Proteins
English Compared with that of other eukaryotes, the nuclear genome of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana encodes an expanded family of FK506-binding proteins (FKBPs). Whereas approximately half of the FKBPs are implicated in the regulation of photosynthetic processes, a subcluster appears to be stress responsive. Recent reports indicate that a discrete group of Arabidopsis multidomain FKBPs regulate plant hormone pathways by recruiting or modulating client proteins via direct protein-protein interactions (tête-à-tête). This suggests that multidomain FKBPs function as central elements in plant development by linking hormone responses with other signal transduction pathways. Here, we present a summary of current research demonstrating that, in addition to their role in protein folding, subsets of plant FKBPs exhibit diverse functionality.
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  • English
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