GsLRPK, a novel cold-activated leucine-rich repeat receptor-like protein kinase from Glycine soja, is a positive regulator to cold stress tolerance

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• 作者：Liang Yang ; Kangcheng Wu ; Peng Gao ; Xiaojuan Liu ; Guangpu Li ; Zujian Wu
• 关键词：Leucine-rich repeat receptor-like protein kinase (LRR-RLK) ; Cold tolerance ; Abiotic stress ; Wild soybean
• 刊名：Plant Science
• 出版年：February, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：215-216
• 期：Complete
• 页码：19-28
• 全文大小：4126 K

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Plant LRR-RLKs serve as protein interaction platforms, and as regulatory modules of protein activation. Here, we report the isolation of a novel plant-specific LRR-RLK from Glycine soja (termed GsLRPK) by differential screening. GsLRPK expression was cold-inducible and shows Ser/Thr protein kinase activity. Subcellular localization studies using GFP fusion protein indicated that GsLRPK is localized in the plasma membrane. Real-time PCR analysis indicated that temperature, salt, drought, and ABA treatment can alter GsLRPK gene transcription in G. soja. However, just protein induced by cold stress not by salinity and ABA treatment in tobacco was found to possess kinase activity. Furthermore, we found that overexpression of GsLRPK in yeast and Arabidopsis can enhance resistance to cold stress and increase the expression of a number of cold responsive gene markers.