BAK1, an Arabidopsis LRR receptor-like protein kinase, interacts with BRI1 and modulates brassinosteroid signaling.

Brassinosteroids regulate plant growth and development through a protein complex that includes the leucine-rich repeat receptor-like protein kinase (LRR-RLK) brassinosteroid-insensitive 1 (BRI1). Activation tagging was used to identify a dominant genetic suppressor of bri1, bak1-1D (bri1-associated receptor kinase 1-1Dominant), which encodes an LRR-RLK, distinct from BRI1. Overexpression of BAK1 results ...
in elongated organ phenotypes, while a null allele of BAK1 displays a semidwarfed phenotype and has reduced sensitivity to brassinosteroids (BRs). BAK1 is a serine/threonine protein kinase, and BRI1 and BAK1 interact in vitro and in vivo. Expression of a dominant-negative mutant allele of BAK1 causes a severe dwarf phenotype, resembling the phenotype of null bri1 alleles. These results indicate BAK1 is a component of BR signaling.
Mesh Terms:
Alleles, Arabidopsis, Arabidopsis Proteins, Cholestanols, Enzyme Activation, Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, Gene Expression Regulation, Plant, Hydroxysteroids, Membrane Proteins, Phenotype, Phosphorylation, Protein Kinases, Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, Repressor Proteins, Signal Transduction, Steroids, Heterocyclic, Tissue Distribution
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Date: Jul. 26, 2002
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