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Tobacco MAP Kinase: A Possible Mediator in Wound Signal Transduction Pathways

1995; American Association for the Advancement of Science; Volume: 270; Issue: 5244 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1126/science.270.5244.1988

1095-9203

Shigemi Seo, Masanori Okamoto, Hideharu Seto, K Ishizuka, Hiroshi Sano, Yuko Ohashi,

Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance

A complementary DNA encoding a mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase homolog has been isolated from tobacco plants. Transcripts of the corresponding gene were not observed in healthy tobacco leaves but began to accumulate 1 minute after mechanical wounding. In tobacco plants transformed with the cloned complementary DNA, trans inactivation of the endogenous homologous gene occurred, and both production of wound-induced jasmonic acid and accumulation of wound-inducible gene transcripts were inhibited. In contrast, the levels of salicylic acid and transcripts for pathogen-inducible, acidic pathogenesis-related proteins were increased upon wounding. These results indicate that this MAP kinase is part of the initial response of higher plants to mechanical wounding.