Identification and characterization of two wheat Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3/ SHAGGY-like kinases

18.04.2013

Bittner T, Campagne S, Neuhaus G, Rensing SA, Fischer-Iglesias C.

BMC Plant Biol. 2013;13:64

BMC Plant Biol.        online article

Plant Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3/ SHAGGY-like kinases (GSKs) have been implicated in numerous biological processes. A phylogenetic analysis of land plant GSKs indicated that TaSK1 and TaSK2 belong to clade II of plant GSKs, the Arabidopsis members of which are all involved in Brassinosteroid signaling. Based on a single ancestral gene in the last common ancestor of all land plants, paralogs were acquired and retained through paleopolyploidization events, resulting in six to eight genes in angiosperms.