
Plant perception of pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) triggers a phosphorylation relay leading to PAMP-triggered immunity (PTI). Despite increasing knowledge of PTI signaling, how immune homeostasis is maintained remains largely unknown. Here we describe a forward-genetic screen to identify loci involved in PTI and characterize the Arabidopsis calcium-dependent protein kinase CPK28 as a negative regulator of immune signaling. Genetic analyses demonstrate that CPK28 attenuates PAMP-triggered immune responses and antibacterial immunity. CPK28 interacts with and phosphorylates the plasma-membrane-associated cytoplasmic kinase BIK1, an important convergent substrate of multiple pattern recognition receptor (PRR) complexes. We find that BIK1 is rate limiting in PTI signaling and that it is continuously turned over to maintain cellular homeostasis. We further show that CPK28 contributes to BIK1 turnover. Our results suggest a negative regulatory mechanism that continually buffers immune signaling by controlling the turnover of this key signaling kinase.
Cancer Research, 572, Molecular Sequence Data, 2405 Parasitology, Arabidopsis, 580 Plants (Botany), Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, 630, 10126 Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Gene Expression Regulation, Plant, Immunology and Microbiology(all), Life Science, Plant Immunity, Amino Acid Sequence, 10211 Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center, Phosphorylation, Molecular Biology, Plant Diseases, Arabidopsis Proteins, 2404 Microbiology, 500, Genetic Loci, 2406 Virology, Protein Kinases
Cancer Research, 572, Molecular Sequence Data, 2405 Parasitology, Arabidopsis, 580 Plants (Botany), Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, 630, 10126 Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Gene Expression Regulation, Plant, Immunology and Microbiology(all), Life Science, Plant Immunity, Amino Acid Sequence, 10211 Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center, Phosphorylation, Molecular Biology, Plant Diseases, Arabidopsis Proteins, 2404 Microbiology, 500, Genetic Loci, 2406 Virology, Protein Kinases
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