New Role for LRR-Receptor Kinase in Sensing of Reactive Oxygen Species

Trends Plant Sci. 2021 Feb;26(2):102-104. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2020.11.011. Epub 2020 Dec 10.

Abstract

Understanding how reactive oxygen species (ROS) are sensed could help engineer plants with better stress responses that are relying on the production of ROS. Here, we summarize the latest research in ROS signaling with focus on the discovery by Wu et al. of a leucine-rich repeat receptor kinase (LRR-RK) as a hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) sensor.

Keywords: H(2)O(2); HPCA1; LRR; RBOH; ROS; receptor kinase.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Arabidopsis* / genetics
  • Arabidopsis* / metabolism
  • Hydrogen Peroxide
  • Protein Domains
  • Protein Kinases / genetics
  • Protein Kinases / metabolism
  • Reactive Oxygen Species

Substances

  • Reactive Oxygen Species
  • Hydrogen Peroxide
  • Protein Kinases