Communication between the extracellular matrix and the cell interior is essential for all organisms as intrinsic and extrinsic cues have to be integrated to co-ordinate development, growth, and behaviour. This applies in particular to plants, the growth and shape of which is governed by deposition and remodelling of the cell wall, a rigid, yet dynamic, extracellular network. It is thus generally assumed that cell wall surveillance pathways exist to monitor the state of the wall and, if needed, elicit compensatory responses such as altered expression of cell wall remodelling and biosynthesis genes. Here, I highlight recent advances in the field of cell wall signalling in plants, with emphasis on the role of plasma membrane receptor-like kinase complexes. In addition, possible roles for cell wall-mediated signalling beyond the maintenance of cell wall integrity are discussed.
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Docking simulation predicts that the binding of CD81 extracellular domain-2 (EC2) to the RGD-binding site of integrin alphaVbeta3. CD81 EC2 (in red), integrin alphaV (in light green), and integrin beta3 (in purple). Please see pp. 589–596 for more information. Image provided by Yoshikazu Takada.
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February 03 2017
Plant cell wall signalling and receptor-like kinases
Sebastian Wolf
1Department of Plant Developmental Biology, Centre for Organismal Studies Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
Correspondence: Sebastian Wolf (sebastian.wolf@cos.uni-heidelberg.de)
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Publisher: Portland Press Ltd
Received:
July 25 2016
Revision Received:
December 12 2016
Accepted:
December 20 2016
Online ISSN: 1470-8728
Print ISSN: 0264-6021
© 2017 The Author(s); published by Portland Press Limited on behalf of the Biochemical Society
2017
Biochem J (2017) 474 (4): 471–492.
Article history
Received:
July 25 2016
Revision Received:
December 12 2016
Accepted:
December 20 2016
Citation
Sebastian Wolf; Plant cell wall signalling and receptor-like kinases. Biochem J 15 February 2017; 474 (4): 471–492. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/BCJ20160238
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