INOSITOL PHOSPHOLIPID-BASED SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION IN PLANTS Phosphoinositide-Specific Phospholipase C and 3-Phosphoinositide Dependent Protein Kinase-1 in Arabidopsis thaliana
Popular Abstract in Swedish Alla levande organismer måste kunna anpassa sig till förändringar i sin omgivning, såsom kyla, värme eller torka. Vid sådana förändringar tar enskilda celler emot signaler ifrån sin omgivning via särskilda s.k. receptorproteiner på cellytan. Receptorproteinerna skickar signalerna vidare in i cellen, där de kan ge upphov till en kedja av processer, vilka slutligen leder Phosphoinositides (PIs) play major roles in cell signal transduction. Although it is clear that PIs are important components also in plant signalling, little is known about their roles in plant cells, compared to animal cells. This thesis describes work on two PI-dependent enzymes involved in plant intracellular signalling, phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) and 3-phosphoinositide