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Calcium-regulated nuclear enzymes: potential mediators of phytochrome-induced changes in nuclear metabolism?Calcium ions have been proposed to serve as important regulatory elements in stimulus-response coupling for phytochrome responses. An important test of this hypothesis will be to identify specific targets of calcium action that are required for some growth or development process induced by the photoactivated form of phytochrome (Pfr). Initial studies have revealed that there are at least two enzymes in pea nuclei that are stimulated by Pfr in a Ca(2+)-dependent fashion, a calmodulin-regulated nucleoside triphosphatase and a calmodulin-independent but Ca(2+)-dependent protein kinase. The nucleoside triphosphatase appears to be associated with the nuclear envelope, while the protein kinase co-purifies with a nuclear fraction highly enriched for chromatin. This short review summarizes the latest findings on these enzymes and relates them to what is known about Pfr-regulated nuclear metabolism.
Document ID
20050000572
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Roux, S. J.
(University of Texas Austin 78713)
Date Acquired
August 22, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: Photochemistry and photobiology
Volume: 56
Issue: 5
ISSN: 0031-8655
Subject Category
Life Sciences (General)
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: 1-T32-HD07296-01A3
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
Non-NASA Center
Review, Tutorial
NASA Discipline Plant Biology
Review

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