Towards understanding plant calcium signaling through calmodulin-like proteins: a biochemical and structural perspective

V La Verde, P Dominici, A Astegno - International Journal of Molecular …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Ca2+ ions play a key role in a wide variety of environmental responses and developmental
processes in plants, and several protein families with Ca2+-binding domains have evolved …

Breaking the code: Ca2+ sensors in plant signalling

TA DeFalco, KW Bender, WA Snedden - Biochemical Journal, 2010 - portlandpress.com
Ca2+ ions play a vital role as second messengers in plant cells during various
developmental processes and in response to environmental stimuli. Plants have evolved a …

Arabidopsis Calmodulin-Like Proteins, CML15 and CML16 Possess Biochemical Properties Distinct from Calmodulin and Show Non-overlapping Tissue Expression …

A Ogunrinde, K Munro, A Davidson, M Ubaid… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Calcium ions are used as ubiquitous, key second messengers in cells across eukaryotic
taxa. In plants, calcium signal transduction is involved in a wide range of cellular processes …

Arabidopsis calmodulin-like protein CML36 is a calcium (Ca2+) sensor that interacts with the plasma membrane Ca2+-ATPase isoform ACA8 and stimulates its activity

A Astegno, MC Bonza, R Vallone, V La Verde… - Journal of Biological …, 2017 - ASBMB
Calmodulin-like (CML) proteins are major EF-hand–containing, calcium (Ca 2+)–binding
proteins with crucial roles in plant development and in coordinating plant stress tolerance …

Experimental and computational approaches for the study of calmodulin interactions

ASN Reddy, A Ben-Hur, IS Day - Phytochemistry, 2011 - Elsevier
Ca2+, a universal messenger in eukaryotes, plays a major role in signaling pathways that
control many growth and developmental processes in plants as well as their responses to …

Cation and peptide binding properties of CML7, a calmodulin-like protein from Arabidopsis thaliana

M Trande, M Pedretti, MC Bonza, A Di Matteo… - Journal of inorganic …, 2019 - Elsevier
Plants contain a large family of so-called calmodulin-like proteins (CMLs) which differ from
canonical calmodulin in that they show greater variability in sequence, length, and number …

Plant-specific calmodulin-binding proteins

N Bouché, A Yellin, WA Snedden… - Annu. Rev. Plant Biol …, 2005 - annualreviews.org
Calmodulin CaM is a ubiquitous Ca2+ sensor protein (16 to 18 kD) with no catalytic activity
that can, upon binding Ca2+, activate target proteins involved in various cellular processes …

Calmodulin and calmodulin-like proteins in plant calcium signaling

A Perochon, D Aldon, JP Galaud, B Ranty - Biochimie, 2011 - Elsevier
Calmodulin (CaM) is a primary calcium sensor in all eukaryotes. It binds calcium and
regulates the activity of a wide range of effector proteins in response to calcium signals. The …

Growth or survival: what is the role of calmodulin-like proteins in plant?

L Wang, Z Liu, S Han, P Liu, E Sadeghnezhad… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Calcium signalling, including pulse, amplitude, and duration, is essential for plant
development and response to various stimuli. However, the calcium signalling should be …

Plant calmodulins and calmodulin-related proteins: multifaceted relays to decode calcium signals

B Ranty, D Aldon, JP Galaud - Plant signaling & behavior, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
The calmodulin (CaM) family is a major class of calcium sensor proteins which collectively
play a crucial role in cellular signaling cascades through the regulation of numerous target …