Changing SERKs and priorities during plant life

Benjamin Schwessinger; John P Rathjen

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2015.06.006

Changing SERKs and priorities during plant life

Trends Plant Sci. 2015 Sep;20(9):531-3. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2015.06.006. Epub 2015 Jun 26.

Authors

Benjamin Schwessinger¹, John P Rathjen²

Affiliations

¹ The Australian National University, Research School of Biology, 134 Linnaeus Way, Acton, ACT 2601, Australia. Electronic address: benjamin.schwessinger@anu.edu.au.
² The Australian National University, Research School of Biology, 134 Linnaeus Way, Acton, ACT 2601, Australia. Electronic address: john.rathjen@anu.edu.au.

PMID: 26124000
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2015.06.006

Abstract

SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS RECEPTOR-LIKE KINASES (SERKs) are coreceptors for diverse extracellular signals. SERKs are involved in a wide array of developmental and immune related processes first discovered in Arabidopsis. Recent work demonstrates the evolutionary conservation of SERKs in all multicellular plants, and highlights their functional conservation in monocots and dicots.

Keywords: innate immunity; plant development; somatic embryogenesis.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Biological Evolution
Gene Expression Regulation, Plant*
Magnoliopsida / genetics*
Magnoliopsida / metabolism
Plant Proteins / genetics*
Plant Proteins / metabolism
Protein Kinases / genetics*
Protein Kinases / metabolism
Signal Transduction*

Substances

Plant Proteins
Protein Kinases
SERK protein, plant