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Phosphorylation of BLUS1 kinase by phototropins is a primary step in stomatal opening.
Nature communications - 1 Jan 2013
Takemiya Atsushi, Sugiyama Naoyuki, Fujimoto Hiroshi, Tsutsumi Toshifumi, Yamauchi Shota, Hiyama Asami, Tada Yasuomi, Christie John M, Shimazaki Ken-ichiro
Abstract excerpt
Opening of stomata in the plant facilitates photosynthetic CO2 fixation and transpiration. Blue-light perception by phototropins (phot1, phot2) activates the plasma membrane H(+)-ATPase, causing stomata to open. Here we describe a regulator that connects these components, a Ser/Thr protein kinase, BLUS1 (BLUE LIGHT SIGNALING1), which mediates a primary step for phototropin signalling in guard cells. blus1 mutants...
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