Plant cell-surface GIPC sphingolipids sense salt to trigger Ca2+ influx

Z Jiang, X Zhou, M Tao, F Yuan, L Liu, F Wu, X Wu… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Salinity is detrimental to plant growth, crop production and food security worldwide. Excess
salt triggers increases in cytosolic Ca2+ concentration, which activate Ca2+-binding proteins …

How plants perceive salt

L Steinhorst, J Kudla - 2019 - nature.com
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Sphingolipid signalling in Arabidopsis guard cells involves heterotrimeric G proteins

S Coursol, LM Fan, HL Stunff, S Spiegel, S Gilroy… - Nature, 2003 - nature.com
In animals, the sphingolipid metabolite sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) functions as both an
intracellular messenger and an extracellular ligand for G-protein-coupled receptors of the …

Drought-induced guard cell signal transduction involves sphingosine-1-phosphate

CKY Ng, K Carr, MR McAinsh, B Powell… - Nature, 2001 - nature.com
Stomata form pores on leaf surfaces that regulate the uptake of CO2 for photosynthesis and
the loss of water vapour during transpiration. An increase in the cytosolic concentration of …

N‐myristoylation and S‐acylation are common modifications of Ca2+‐regulated Arabidopsis kinases and are required for activation of the SLAC1 anion channel

S Saito, S Hamamoto, K Moriya, A Matsuura… - New …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
N‐myristoylation and S‐acylation promote protein membrane association, allowing
regulation of membrane proteins. However, how widespread this targeting mechanism is in …

The Ca2+ Sensor SCaBP3/CBL7 Modulates Plasma Membrane H+-ATPase Activity and Promotes Alkali Tolerance in Arabidopsis

Y Yang, Y Wu, L Ma, Z Yang, Q Dong, Q Li, X Ni… - The Plant …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Saline-alkali soil is a major environmental constraint impairing plant growth and crop
productivity. In this study, we identified a Ca2+ sensor/kinase/plasma membrane (PM) H+ …

CO2 regulator SLAC1 and its homologues are essential for anion homeostasis in plant cells

J Negi, O Matsuda, T Nagasawa, Y Oba, H Takahashi… - Nature, 2008 - nature.com
The continuing rise in atmospheric [CO2] is predicted to have diverse and dramatic effects
on the productivity of agriculture, plant ecosystems and gas exchange,,. Stomatal pores in …

A plastidial sodium-dependent pyruvate transporter

T Furumoto, T Yamaguchi, Y Ohshima-Ichie… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Pyruvate serves as a metabolic precursor for many plastid-localized biosynthetic pathways,
such as those for fatty acids, terpenoids and branched-chain amino acids. In spite of the …

Convergence of sphingolipid desaturation across over 500 million years of plant evolution

HC Resemann, C Herrfurth, K Feussner, E Hornung… - Nature Plants, 2021 - nature.com
For plants, acclimation to low temperatures is fundamental to survival. This process involves
the modification of lipids to maintain membrane fluidity. We previously identified a new cold …

Sphingolipids in plants: a guidebook on their function in membrane architecture, cellular processes, and environmental or developmental responses

A Mamode Cassim, M Grison, Y Ito, F Simon‐Plas… - FEBS …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Sphingolipids are fundamental lipids involved in various cellular, developmental and stress‐
response processes. As such, they orchestrate not only vital molecular mechanisms of living …