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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-1-12
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The Arabidopsis thaliana SOS3 gene encodes a calcium sensor that is required for plant salt tolerance. The SOS3 protein binds to and activates the self-inhibited SOS2 protein kinase, which mediates the expression and activities of various transporters important for ion homeostasis under salt stress. SOS3 belongs to a unique family of calcium-binding proteins that contain two pairs of EF hand motifs with four putative metal-binding sites. We report the crystal structure of a dimeric SOS3 protein in complex with calcium, and with calcium and manganese. Analytical ultracentrifugation experiments and circular dichroism measurements show that calcium binding is responsible for the dimerization of SOS3. This leads to a change in the global shape and surface properties of the protein that may be sufficient to transmit the Ca(2+) signal elicited during salt stress.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0022-2836
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
4
pubmed:volume
345
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1253-64
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15644219-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:15644219-Arabidopsis, pubmed-meshheading:15644219-Arabidopsis Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15644219-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:15644219-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:15644219-Calcium-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15644219-Calmodulin, pubmed-meshheading:15644219-Circular Dichroism, pubmed-meshheading:15644219-Crystallography, X-Ray, pubmed-meshheading:15644219-Dimerization, pubmed-meshheading:15644219-Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions, pubmed-meshheading:15644219-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:15644219-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:15644219-Plant Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:15644219-Protein Folding, pubmed-meshheading:15644219-Protein Structure, Quaternary, pubmed-meshheading:15644219-Salts, pubmed-meshheading:15644219-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:15644219-Solutions
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
The structure of the Arabidopsis thaliana SOS3: molecular mechanism of sensing calcium for salt stress response.
pubmed:affiliation
Grupo de Cristalografía Macromolecular y Biología Estructural, Instituto de Química Física "Rocasolano", Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Serrano 119, E-28006 Madrid, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't