Small GTPases: versatile signaling switches in plants

Z Yang - The Plant Cell, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Small GTPases, having masses of 21 to 30 kD, are monomeric guanine nucleotide binding
proteins related to the subunit of heterotrimeric G proteins. All small GTPases belong to a …

RAC/ROP GTPases:'hubs' for signal integration and diversification in plants

C Nibau, H Wu, AY Cheung - Trends in Plant Science, 2006 - cell.com
RAC/ROP GTPases are a family of plant-specific signaling molecules solely representing
the Ras and Rho family of Ras-related G proteins in plants. RAC/ROPs potentially interact …

Identification of new intrinsic proteins in Arabidopsis plasma membrane proteome

A Marmagne, MA Rouet, M Ferro, N Rolland… - Molecular & Cellular …, 2004 - ASBMB
Identification and characterization of anion channel genes in plants represent a goal for a
better understanding of their central role in cell signaling, osmoregulation, nutrition, and …

A genome-wide analysis of Arabidopsis Rop-interactive CRIB motif–containing proteins that act as Rop GTPase targets

G Wu, Y Gu, S Li, Z Yang - The Plant Cell, 2001 - academic.oup.com
The plant-specific Rop family GTPases are versatile molecular switches in many processes
during plant growth, development, and responses to the environment. To understand how …

The Rop GTPase switch controls multiple developmental processes in Arabidopsis

H Li, JJ Shen, ZL Zheng, Y Lin, Z Yang - Plant Physiology, 2001 - academic.oup.com
G proteins are universal molecular switches in eukaryotic signal transduction. The
Arabidopsis genome sequence reveals no RAS small GTPase and only one or a few …

New insights into Rho signaling from plant ROP/Rac GTPases

C Craddock, I Lavagi, Z Yang - Trends in cell biology, 2012 - cell.com
In animal and plant cells, a wide range of key cellular processes that require the
establishment of cell polarity are governed by Rho-GTPases. In contrast to animals and …

Tethering complexes in the Arabidopsis endomembrane system

N Vukašinović, V Žárský - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Targeting of endomembrane transport containers is of the utmost importance for proper land
plant growth and development. Given the immobility of plant cells, localized membrane …

Plasma membrane–associated ROP10 small GTPase is a specific negative regulator of abscisic acid responses in Arabidopsis

ZL Zheng, M Nafisi, A Tam, H Li, DN Crowell… - The Plant …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Abscisic acid (ABA) is an important plant hormone that modulates seed germination and
plant growth and stress responses, but its signaling remains poorly understood. We …

Regulation of membrane trafficking, cytoskeleton dynamics, and cell polarity by ROP/RAC GTPases

S Yalovsky, D Bloch, N Sorek, B Kost - Plant Physiology, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Rho of plants (ROP) proteins, also known as RAC proteins, are Rho-related GTPases that
function as molecular switches in a multitude of signaling cascades involved in the …

ROP/RAC GTPase: an old new master regulator for plant signaling

Y Gu, Z Wang, Z Yang - Current opinion in plant biology, 2004 - Elsevier
The ROP family of small GTPases has emerged as a versatile and pivotal regulator in plant
signal transduction. Recent studies have implicated ROP signaling in diverse processes …