Transport von CLAVATA Rezeptoren und Signalmodifikatoren zwischen Membranen (B04)

• Subject Area: Plant Biochemistry and Biophysics
• Term: since 2016
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 267205415

Plant cells express a bewildering number of membrane localised receptor-like kinases (RLKs) that recognise diffusible signals from the apoplasm or from pathogens. Our long-term goal is to understand how the interplay of diverse RLKs can decode peptide ligand signalling into highly specific cellular responses. As a paradigm, we will here investigate the complexes, intermembrane transport and turnover of RLKs in the CLV signalling pathway that control the plant stem cell niches, and study interacting membrane-associated heterotrimeric G-proteins and cytoplasmic kinases that act immediately downstream in Arabidopsis thaliana.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1208: Identity and Dynamics of Membrane Systems - from Molecules to Cellular Functions
• Applicant Institution: Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Claus Seidel, until 12/2019; Professor Dr. Rüdiger Simon