Calcium signaling networks channel plant K+ uptake.

Hedrich, Rainer; Kudla, Jörg · Cell · 2006

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Potassium channel function is fundamental to many physiological processes in plants. In this issue of Cell, identify a protein complex in Arabidopsis consisting of a potassium channel, a protein kinase, and a calcium sensor. This study reveals that plants cope with limited soil potassium by coupling potassium channel activation to a cellular calcium signaling network.

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