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how do plants respond to signals from the environment?

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altering growth and development

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what do signal transduction pathways link?

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signal to response

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steps of signal transduction pathway

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reception of signal, transduction, response

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what happens to a potato left growing in darkness

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process pale stems, unexpanded leaves, and short roots
- etiolation

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etiolation

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morphological adaptations for growing in darkness

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etio

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cause

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what happens after etiolated potato is exposed to light

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undergoes de-etiolation, shoots/roots grow normally

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how do proteins function?

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by changing shape

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what do receptor proteins do in response to the stimulus

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change shape

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receptor in de-etiolation

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phytochrome capable of detecting light

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second messengers

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transfer/amplify signals from receptors to other proteins that cause responses

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2 types of second messengers

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calcium ions (Ca2+) and cyclic GMP (cGMP)

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how does the phytochrome receptor respond to light?

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  • opening Ca2+ channels, increase Ca2+ levels in cytosol
  • activating enzyme that produces cGMP
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phytochrome

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plant color

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how is GMP different from cGMP

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GMP undergoes dehydration synthesis to from cGMP

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ase

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enzyme

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kin

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movement

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what does a kinase do

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catalyze transfer of a phosphate group from ATP to specified molecule
- substrate +ATP -> ADP + substrate

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de-etiolation signal pathway process

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  1. phytochrome activated by light
  2. cGMP produced and Ca2+ channel opened, activate protein kinases
  3. protein kinases activate transcription factors in nucleus
  4. trasncription
  5. translation
  6. de-etiolation
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what does a signal transduction pathway lead to

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regulation of one or more cellular activities

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what do most responses to stimulation involve

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change in activity of enzymes

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how can a change in activity of enzymes (response) occur

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  1. transcriptional regulation
  2. post-translational modification
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post-translational modification

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modification of existing proteins in signal response
- often involves phosphorylation of specific amino acids
- cGMP and Ca2+ directly activate protein kinases

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phosphorylation

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activation

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dephosphorylation
inactivation
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how do protein kinases often work?
in a cascade linking initial stimuli to gene expression through phosphorylation of transcription factors
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transcriptional regulation
- transcription factors bind directly to specific regions of DNA and control transcription of specific genes - some transcriptional factors activators that increase transcription - others are repressors that decrease transcription
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what does de-etiolation activate:
enzymes that 1. function in photosynthesis directly 2. supply chemical precursors for chlorophyll production 3. affect levels of plant hormones that regulate growth
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what do plant hormones do
help coordinate growth, development, and responses to stimuli
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what are plant hormones
chemical signals that modify or control specific physiological processes within a plant
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what are plant hormones also called
plant growth regulators
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growth promoters
auxins, cytokinins, gibberellins
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growth inhibitors
ethylene, abscissic acid
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are plant hormones produced in high or low concentrations
low
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effects of hormones
each hormone has multiple effects, but multiple hormones can influence single process
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what do plant responses to hormones depend on
concentration and combination of specific hormones
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major plant hormones
1. auxin 2. cytokinins 3. gibberellins 4. abscisic acid 5. ethylene 6. brassinosteroids 7. jasmonates 8. strigolactones
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overview of auxin
stem elongation, formation of lateral adventitious roots, phototropism/gravitorpism
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cytokinins overview
cell division in shoots/roots, modifies apical dominance to promote lateral bud growth, movement of nutrients into sink tissues
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gibberellins overview
stem elongation, pollen development, seed development/germination, sex determination
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abscisic acid overview
inhibits growth, stomatal closure during drought stress, seed dormancy, senescence
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ethylene overview
ripening of fruit, leaf abscission, senescence
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brassinosteroids overview
cell expansion/division in shots, xylem/phloem differentiation
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jasmonates overview
fruit ripening, floral development, nectar secretion, response to herbivory/pathogen invasions
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strigolactones overview
seed germination, attraction of mycorrhizal fungi to root
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tropsim
any response resulting in curvature of organs toward or away from stimulus - phototropism - thigmotropsim - gravitropism
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Darwin and Darwin
phototropism only occurs when tip is illuminated
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Boysen-Jensen
phototropism occurs when tip is separated by permeable (not impermeable) barrier
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auxin
any chemical that promotes elongation of coleoptiles
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indolacetic acid
common auxin in plants
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what is the transport of auxin referred to as?
polar - produced in shoot tips, transported down the stem
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what do auxin transporter proteins do
move hormone from basal end of one cell into apical end of neighboring cell
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does the direction of auxin change in response to gravity?
no
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acid growth hypohtesis
- auxin stimulates proton pumps in plasma membrane - H+ moves into cell, lowers pH in cell wall and increases membrane potential - reduced pH activates expansins - osmotic uptake of water into cell increases turgor pressure - increased cell wall plasticity combined with increased turgor pressure enables cell to elongate
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expansins
enzymes that loosen the fabric of the cell wall
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what does auxin also do?
alter gene expression and stimulates sustained growth response
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reduced auxin flow from the shoot stimulates what?
growth in lower branches
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what does auxin transport play a role in?
- phyllotaxy
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what does polar transport of auxin from leaf margins direct?
leaf venation pattern
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what is the activity of the vascular cambium under control of?
auxin
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what is the organization of female angiosperm gametophytes likely regulated by?
auxin gradient
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auxin functions
- vascular cambium - organization of female angiosperm gametophytes - plant development - acid growth/cell elongation
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indolebutyric acid
auxin that stimulates adventitious roots, used in vegetative propagation of plants by cuttings
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synthetic auxins
used in herbicides (2,4-D) that kill edicots by causing hormonal overdose - monocots able to inactivate these hormones
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what do developing seeds produce?
auxin - promotes fruit development
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cytokinins
stimulate cytokinesis
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where are cytokinins produced
actively growing tissues (roots, embryos, fruits)
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how does cytokinins work together with auxin?
to control cell division and differentiation
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apical dominance
terminal bud's ability to suppress development of axillary buds
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what is apical dominance under the control of?
sugar, cytokinins, auxin, and strigolactone
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what happens when the apical bud is removed:
- increases sugar availability - decreases auxin/strigolactone levels - initiates axillary bud growth
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cytokinins and anti-aging of plant organs
- inhibiting protein breakdown - stimulating RNA and protein synthesis - mobilizing nutrients from surrounding tissues

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