Protein Kinases and Stress Signaling in Plants
Functional Genomic Perspective

A comprehensive review of stress signaling in plants using genomics and functional genomic approaches

Improving agricultural production and meeting the needs of a rapidly growing global population requires crop systems capable of overcoming environmental stresses. Understanding the role of different signaling components in plant stress regulation is vital to developing crops which can withstand abiotic and biotic stresses without loss of crop yield and productivity. Emphasizing genomics and functional genomic approaches, Protein Kinases and Stress Signaling in Plants is a comprehensive review of cutting-edge research on stress perception, signal transduction, and stress response generation.

Detailed chapters cover a broad range of topics central to improving agricultural production developing crop systems capable of overcoming environmental stresses to meet the needs of a rapidly growing global population. This book describes the field of protein kinases and stress signaling with a special emphasis on functional genomics. It presents a highly valuable contribution in the field of stress perception, signal transduction and generation of responses against one or multiple stress signals.

This timely resource:

• Summarizes the role of various kinases involved in stress management 
• Enumerates the role of TOR, GSK3-like kinase, SnRK kinases in different physiological conditions
• Examines mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) in different stresses
• Describes the different aspects of calcium signaling under different stress conditions
• Examines photo-activated kinases (PAPKs) in varying light conditions
• Briefs the presence of tyrosine kinases in plants
• Highlights the cellular functions of receptor]like protein kinases (RLKs)
• Possible implication of these kinases in developing stress tolerant crops

Protein Kinases and Stress Signaling in Plants: Functional Genomic Perspective is an essential resource for researchers and students in the fields of plant molecular biology and signal transduction, plant responses to stress, plant cell signaling, plant protein kinases, plant biotechnology, transgenic plants and stress biology.

List of Contributors xv

Editor Biography xx

Preface xxii

1 Two Component Mediated Stress Signaling in Plants: A Comparative Profiling in Monocots and Dicots 1
Priyanka Gupta, Chhaya Yadav, Deepti Singh, Ramsong Chantre Nongpiur, Sneh Lata Singla-Pareek, and Ashwani Pareek

2 Lectin Receptor like Kinase: Spy Eye on Environmental Factors 20
Nishat Passricha, Shabnam K. Saifi, Himani Negi, and Narendra Tuteja

3 Photoactivated Protein Kinases in Green Algae and Their Functional Role in Abiotic Stress 37
Kumari Sushmita, Manish Singh Kaushik, Irina Sizova, and Suneel Kateriya

4 Emerging Role of Plant GSK3/SHAGGY-like Protein Kinases in Stress Signaling Pathways: A Phylogenetic and Functional Genomic Perspective 86
Barkha Ravi, Pooja Verma, and Girdhar K. Pandey

5 Balancing Growth and Defense: Role of Target of Rapamycin and SNF1-Related Protein Kinase 1 in Stress Signaling in Plants 105
Mohan Sharma, Muhammed Jamsheer K., Harshita B. Saksena, Sunita Jindal, Manvi Sharma, Dhriti  Singh, Archna Tiwari, Prakhar Awasthi, and Ashverya Laxmi

6 SnRK2s: Part and Parcel of ABA Signaling in Plants 133
Suhas Balasaheb Karle, Bhavya Nair, and Kundan Kumar

7 Lipid Mediated Regulation of Protein Kinases 147
Shatakshi Pandit and Girish Mishra

8 Calcium Dependent Protein Kinases in Plants 192
Jamshaid Hussain, Gulnaz Bibi, and Sarfraz Shafiq

9 Regulation of Stress Responses in Plants by Calcium Dependent Protein Kinases 226
Deepika, Komal Vitthalrao Mali, Amit Kumar, and Amarjeet Singh

10 Calmodulin-Binding Kinases: Transducers of Abiotic Stress Response in Plants 248
Supreet Singh, Amardeep Singh Virdi, and Prabhjeet Singh

11 Calcium/Calmodulin Activated Protein Kinases in Stress Signaling in Plants 266
Tushar Khare, Amrita Srivastav, and Vinay Kumar

12 Role of CBL-Interacting Protein Kinases in Regulating Plant Stress Responses 281
Pavithran Narayanan, Sibaji K. Sanyal, and Girdhar K. Pandey

13 Casein Kinase2 and Its Dynamism in Abiotic Stress Management 310
Tanushree Agarwal and Sudipta Ray

14 Cyclin-Dependent Protein Kinases in the Control of Cell Cycle in Plants 347
Hirofumi Harashima and Masami Sekine

15 MAP Kinase as Regulators for Stress Responses in Plants: An Overview 369
Deepika Sharma, Neetu Verma, Chandana Pandey, Deepanjali Verma, Prakash Kumar Bhagat, Stanzin Noryang, Kirti Singh, Sumaira Tayyeba, Gopal Banerjee, and Alok Krishna Sinha

16 A Network View of MAP Kinase Pathways in Plant Defense Regulation: What We Have Learned from Genetic Modification Studies? 393
Tim Xing and Nora A. Foroud

17 Role of MAP Kinase Signaling in Xanthomonas Pathogen-Rice Interaction 408
Durga Bhavani and Subhadeep Chatterjee

18 Role of MAPK Cascade in Local and Systemic Immunity of Plants 422
Vishal Patil and Ashis Kumar Nandi

19 Role of Plant Kinases in Combined Stress 445
Mahesh Patil and Muthappa Senthil-Kumar

20 Protein Tyrosine Phosphorylation in Plants: Role Under Stress Responses 459
Swati Mahiwal, Sibaji K. Sanyal, and Girdhar K. Pandey

21 Role of Kinases for Regulating K+ Homeostasis Under Salt and Drought Stress Conditions 479
Jayant Kulkarni, Ashish K. Srivastava, and Suprasanna Penna

22 Plant Peroxisomal Protein Kinases Implicated in Stress-Related Responses 501
Amr R.A. Kataya, Jianping Hu, Douglas G. Muench, and Greg B. Moorhead

Index 518

Girdhar K. Pandey is working as Professor in the Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Delhi University South Campus, New Delhi, India. He is the Fellow of National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) and National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), India. His group's research interest is to understand the detail mechanistic interplay of calcium-mediated signal transduction networks in plants under mineral nutrient (potassium and calcium) deficiency and abiotic stresses.