Kwang-Yeol Yang

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that NtMEK2, a MAPK kinase, is upstream of salicylic acid-induced protein kinase (SIPK), two tobacco MAPKs that are activated by various pathogens or pathogen-derived elicitors, and appears to control the expression of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl CoA reductase (HMGR) and l-phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL), two defense genes encoding key enzymes

TL;DR: It is concluded that the bacterial volatile 2R,3R-butanediol was a major determinant in inducing resistance to drought in Arabidopsis through an SA-dependent mechanism.

TL;DR: It is concluded that ERF6, another substrate of MPK3 and MPK6, plays important roles downstream of theMPK3/MPK6 cascade in regulating plant defense against fungal pathogens.

TL;DR: It is shown that MPK3, which shares high homology and common upstream MAPK kinases with MPK6, is also capable of phosphorylating ACS2 and ACS6, and demonstrating overlapping roles for these two highly homologous MAPKs in pathogen-induced ethylene induction.

TL;DR: NtMEK2-SIPK/WIPK pathway plays a positive role in N gene-mediated resistance, possibly through regulating HR cell death, as well as eliminating Agrobacterium that is known to activate a number of defense responses in transient transformation experiments.