A kinase-dead version of FERONIA receptor-like kinase has dose-dependent impacts on rosette morphology and RALF1-mediated stomatal movements

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Abstract

The receptor-like kinase FERONIA (FER) pleiotropically affects plant reproduction, development, and stress tolerance. We recently showed that the FER ligand RALF1 promotes stomatal closure and inhibits stomatal opening in a G-protein-dependent manner. FER responses have been designated as kinase-dependent or kinase-independent, based largely on fer complementation assays employing a kinase-dead FERK565R. Our quantification of FERK565R-GFP transcript and FERK565R-GFP protein in fer complementation lines reveal that, even within individual complementation lines, different levels of FERK565R expression prevail. FERK565R-GFP expression comparable to that of FER in Col-0 plants fail to elicit complementation of either fer rosette phenotypes or RALF1-elicited stomatal movements, whereas overexpression levels of FERK565R-GFP result in complementation. These results suggest possible alternative interpretations of previous conclusions regarding kinase-independent FER signaling.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)3429-3437
Number of pages9
JournalFEBS Letters
Volume592
Issue number20
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2018

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Biophysics
  • Structural Biology
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Cell Biology

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