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Plants: the latest model system for G‐protein research
Author(s) -
Jones Alan M,
Assmann Sarah M
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1038/sj.embor.7400174
Subject(s) - heterotrimeric g protein , g protein coupled receptor , g protein , signalling , biology , signal transduction , repertoire , effector , microbiology and biotechnology , arabidopsis , computational biology , arabidopsis thaliana , genetics , gene , physics , acoustics , mutant
In humans, heterotrimeric G proteins couple stimulus perception by G‐protein‐coupled receptors (GPCRs) with numerous downstream effectors. By contrast, despite great complexity in their signal‐transduction attributes, plants have a simpler repertoire of G‐signalling components. Nonetheless, recent studies on Arabidopsis thaliana have shown the importance of plant G‐protein signalling in such fundamental processes as cell proliferation, hormone perception and ion‐channel regulation.