Tv. Moran et Jc. Walker, MOLECULAR-CLONING OF 2 NOVEL PROTEIN-KINASE GENES FROM ARABIDOPSIS-THALIANA, Biochimica et biophysica acta, 1216(1), 1993, pp. 9-14
We have isolated two novel protein kinase genes, MHK and NAK, from the
plant Arabidopsis thaliana by using low stringency hybridization with
the catalytic domain of a putative plant receptor protein kinase. Seq
uence analysis of the cDNAs reveals that MHK is a member of the cdc2family of protein kinases and is particularly similar to the mak gene
of rats; mak encodes a protein kinase that may play a role in spermato
genesis. NAK encodes a candidate protein kinase that is similar to the
oncogenes met and abl. The homology that these two Arabidopsis genes
share with other protein kinases suggests that they may play a role in
the regulation of plant growth and development.