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Front Plant Sci

Title:		A Comprehensive Analysis of Calmodulin-Like Proteins of Glycine max Indicates Their Role in Calcium Signaling and Plant Defense Against Insect Attack
Author(s):		Yadav M; Pandey J; Chakraborty A; Hassan MI; Kundu JK; Roy A; Singh IK; Singh A;
Address:		"Department of Botany, Hansraj College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India. EVA4.0 Unit, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czechia. Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. Plant Virus and Vector Interactions Group, Crop Research Institute, Prague, Czechia. Molecular Biology Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India. DBC-i4 Center, Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India"
Journal Title:		Front Plant Sci
Year:		2022
Volume:		20220309
Issue:
Page Number:		817950 -
DOI:		10.3389/fpls.2022.817950
ISSN/ISBN:		1664-462X (Print) 1664-462X (Electronic) 1664-462X (Linking)
Abstract:		"The calcium (Ca(2+)) signaling is a crucial event during plant-herbivore interaction, which involves a transient change in cytosolic Ca(2+) concentration, which is sensed by Ca(2+)-sensors, and the received message is transduced to downstream target proteins leading to appropriate defense response. Calmodulin-like proteins (CMLs) are calcium-sensing plant-specific proteins. Although CMLs have been identified in a few plants, they remained uncharacterized in leguminous crop plants. Therefore, a wide-range analysis of CMLs of soybean was performed, which identified 41 true CMLs with greater than 50% similarity with Arabidopsis CMLs. The phylogenetic study revealed their evolutionary relatedness with known CMLs. Further, the identification of conserved motifs, gene structure analysis, and identification of cis-acting elements strongly supported their identity as members of this family and their involvement in stress responses. Only a few Glycine max CMLs (GmCMLs) exhibited differential expression in different tissue types, and rest of them had minimal expression. Additionally, differential expression patterns of GmCMLs were observed during Spodoptera litura-feeding, wounding, and signaling compound treatments, indicating their role in plant defense. The three-dimensional structure prediction, identification of interactive domains, and docking with Ca(2+) ions of S. litura-inducible GmCMLs, indicated their identity as calcium sensors. This study on the characterization of GmCMLs provided insights into their roles in calcium signaling and plant defense during herbivory"
Keywords:		Calmodulin like proteins (CMLs) Spodoptera litura calcium signaling plant-insect interaction signaling compounds soybean wounding;
Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEYadav, Manisha Pandey, Jyotsna Chakraborty, Amrita Hassan, Md Imtaiyaz Kundu, Jiban Kumar Roy, Amit Singh, Indrakant Kumar Singh, Archana eng Switzerland 2022/04/05 Front Plant Sci. 2022 Mar 9; 13:817950. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.817950. eCollection 2022"