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SKU5 acts upstream of TOR stress-responsive signaling in spaceflight response

Claim that SKU5 acts upstream of the central TOR signaling pathway in both short- and long-term spaceflight responses, influencing stress-responsive cascades.

Confidence
70%
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Evidence Quote

These data collectively support the hypothesis that SKU5 acts upstream of centralized stress-responsive TOR signaling in its contribution to both short- and long-term spaceflight responses.

Relationship

Platform and genotype context regulates TOR (Target of Rapamycin) signaling

Evidence

Reference describing SKU5 as a GPI-anchored glycoprotein for root growth

(2002). The Arabidopsis SKU5 gene encodes an extracellular glycosyl phosphatidylinositol-anchored glycoprotein involved in directional root growth

Study of gravity-specific calcium signaling in Arabidopsis using parabolic flight

Toyota M et al. (2013). Analyses of a gravistimulation-specific Ca2+ signature in Arabidopsis using parabolic flights