[Regulation of pollen tube growth by reversible protein phosphorylation]
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- DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1005.2014.0766
[Regulation of pollen tube growth by reversible protein phosphorylation]
Abstract
The tip-growth of pollen tube is regulated by diverse signaling and metabolic processes, including Rop GTPase signaling pathway, phosphatidylinositol signaling pathway, Ca(2+) signaling, actin dynamics, vesicular trafficking, and cell wall re-modulation. These processes are regulated by reversible protein phosphorylation events: (1) The activities of Rop regulatory proteins (GEF, GDI, and GAP) that regulate Rop GTPase are variable under different protein phosphorylation states. In addition, various protein kinases function as the downstream effectors of Rop GTPase, and participate in the downstream pathways of Rop signaling. (2) Reversible protein phosphorylation can activate/inactivate the plasma membrane (PM) Ca(2+) channels and/or Ca(2+) pump, as well as control the release of intracellular Ca(2+), thereby regulating the formation of Ca(2+) gradient in pollen tube tip. In addition, protein kinases function as Ca(2+) sensors and phosphorylate the target proteins involved in the downstream regulatory pathways of Ca(2+) signaling. (3) The dynamics of actin polymerization and depolymerization are regulated by reversible phosphorylation of actin binding proteins (e.g., ADF and profilin). (4) Reversible protein phosphorylation regulates the activities of endo/exocytosis-related proteins and PM phospholipid metabolism that are involved in the membrane trafficking. (5) Reversible protein phosphorylation participates in the pollen tube cell wall re-modulation through regulating the function and subcellular distribution of cytoplasmic serine/threonine protein kinase and sucrose synthase. (6) The activities of transcription regulatory protein and eukaryotic translation initiation factor are regulated by protein phosphorylation, modulating the RNA transcription and protein synthesis. In this review, we present an overview of the functions of protein reversible phosphorylation in the aforementioned processes during the pollen tube tip-growth.
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