Publications

Brittany S. Menard, Kirsten H. Bendickson, Lee M. Raytek, Wayne A. Snedden, William C. Plaxton (2024) Heterologous expression and purification of glutamate decarboxylase-1 from the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana - characterization of the enzyme′s in vitro truncation by thiol endopeptidase activity. (Biorxiv preprint)

Kyle Symonds, Milena A. Smith, Oona Esme, William C. Plaxton, Wayne A. Snedden (2024) Characterization of Arabidopsis aldolases AtFBA4 and AtFBA5; inhibition by morin and interaction with calmodulin. submitted for review. (Biorvix preprint)

Kyle Symonds, Howard J. Teresinski, Bryan Hau, Einat Sadot, Vikas Dwivedi, Eduard Belausov, Sefi Bar-Sinai, Motoki Tominaga, Takeshi Haraguchi, Kohji Ito, Wayne A. Snedden (2024) Functional Characterization of Calmodulin-like Proteins, CML13 and CML14, as Novel Light Chains of Arabidopsis Class VIII Myosins, in press, Journal of Experimental Botany (Biorxiv preprint)

Bryan Hau, Kyle Symonds, Howard Teresinski, Abby Janssen, Liam Duff, Milena Smith, Kirsten Benidickson, William Plaxton, Wayne A. Snedden (2023) Arabidopsis calmodulin-like proteins CML13 and CML14 interact with calmodulin-binding transcriptional activators and function in salinity stress response, in press, Plant & Cell Physiology

Kirsten Benidickson, Lee-Marie Raytek, Gordon Hoover, Edward Flaherty, Barry Shelp, Wayne Snedden, William Plaxton (2023) Glutamate decarboxylase-1 is essential for efficient acclimation of Arabidopsis thaliana to nutritional phosphorus deprivation. New Phytologist 240: 2372–2385, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.19300

Kyle Symonds, Howard Teresinski, Bryan Hau, David Chiasson, Kirsten Benidickson, William Plaxton, Wayne A. Snedden (2023) Arabidopsis CML13 and CML14 Have Essential And Overlapping Roles In Plant Development, in press, Plant & Cell Physiology, https://academic.oup.com/pcp/advance-article/doi/10.1093/pcp/pcad142/7381625

Howard J. Teresinski, Bryan Hau, Kyle Symonds, Ryan Kilburn, Kim A. Munro, Nathan M. Doner, Robert Mullen, Vivian H. Li, Wayne A. Snedden (2023) Arabidopsis calmodulin-like proteins CML13 and CML14 interact with proteins that have IQ domains, Plant Cell & Environment, Aug; 46(8): 2470-2491. doi: 10.1111/pce.14616. Epub 2023 May 24.PMID: 37222394.

Kilburn R, Fedosejevs ET, Mehta D, Soleimani F, Ghahremani M, Monaghan J, Thelen JJ, Uhrig RG, Snedden WA, Plaxton WC. (2023) Substrate profiling of the Arabidopsis Ca2+-dependent protein kinase AtCPK4 and its Ricinus communis ortholog RcCDPK1. Plant Science, 331:111675. doi: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2023.111675. Epub 2023 Mar 15.PMID: 36931565

Huang R, Snedden WA, diCenzo GC. (2022) Reference nodule transcriptomes for Melilotus officinalis and Medicago sativa cv. Algonquin. Plant Direct. Jun 8;6(6):e408. doi: 10.1002/pld3.408. PMID: 35774624; PMCID: PMC9219011.

Kilburn R, Gerdis SA, She YM, Snedden WA, Plaxton WC. (2022) Autophosphorylation Inhibits RcCDPK1, a Dual-Specificity Kinase that Phosphorylates Bacterial-Type Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase in Castor Oil Seeds. Plant & Cell Physiol. May 16;63(5):683-698. doi: 10.1093/pcp/pcac030. PMID: 35246690.

Ubaid M, Ting M, Teresinski H, Snedden WA (2018) The calmodulin-like protein, CML39, is involved in regulating seed development, germination, and fruit development in Arabidopsis. Plant Molecular Biology, Jan, 2018, doi: 10.1007/s11103-018-0703-3, link to view pdf

Ogunrinde A, Munro K, Davidson A, Ubaid M, Snedden WA (2017) Arabidopsis calmodulin-like proteins, CML15 and CML16 possess biochemical properties distinct from calmodulin and show non-overlapping tissue expression patterns. Front. Plant Sci., 22 December 2017 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.02175

Ying S, Hill AT, Pyc M, Anderson EM, Snedden WA, Mullen RT, She YM, Plaxton WC. (2017) Regulatory Phosphorylation of Bacterial-Type PEP Carboxylase by the Ca(2+)-Dependent Protein Kinase RcCDPK1 in Developing Castor Oil Seeds. Plant Physiol.174:1012-1027. doi: 10.1104/pp.17.00288.

Fischer C, DeFalco TA, Karia P, Snedden WA, Moeder W, Yoshioka K, Dietrich P. (2017) Calmodulin as a Ca2+-Sensing Subunit of Arabidopsis Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channel Complexes. Plant Cell Physiol.58:1208-1221. doi: 10.1093/pcp/pcx052.

DeFalco TA, Marshall CB, Munro K, Kang HG, Moeder W, Ikura M, Snedden WA, Yoshioka K. (2016) Multiple Calmodulin-Binding Sites Positively and Negatively Regulate Arabidopsis CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CHANNEL12. Plant Cell.28:1738-51. doi: 10.1105/tpc.15.00870

Fedosejevs ET, Gerdis SA, Ying S, Pyc M, Anderson EM, Snedden WA, Mullen RT, She YM, Plaxton WC. (2016) The calcium-dependent protein kinase RcCDPK2 phosphorylates sucrose synthase at Ser11 in developing castor oil seeds. Biochem J.473:3667-3682.

Kaur G, Singh S, Singh H, Chawla M, Dutta T, Kaur H, Bender K, Snedden WA, Kapoor S, Pareek A, Singh P. (2015) Characterization of Peptidyl-Prolyl Cis-Trans Isomerase- and Calmodulin-Binding Activity of a Cytosolic Arabidopsis thaliana Cyclophilin AtCyp19-3. PLoS One.10:e0136692. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136692

Zhu X, Dunand C, Snedden W, Galaud JP. (2015) CaM and CML emergence in the green lineage. Trends Plant Sci. 20(8):483-9. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2015.05.010

Scholz SS, Vadassery J, Heyer M, Reichelt M, Bender KW, Snedden WA, Boland W, Mithöfer A. (2014) Mutation of the Arabidopsis calmodulin-like protein CML37 deregulates the jasmonate pathway and enhances susceptibility to herbivory. Mol Plant.7:1712-26. doi: 10.1093/mp/ssu102

Bender, Kyle W, Stephanie Dobney, Adenike Ogunrinde, David Chiasson, Robert T Mullen, Howard J Teresinski, Prabhjeet Singh, Kim Munro, Steven P Smith, and Wayne A Snedden (2014) The Calmodulin-like Protein CML43 Functions as a Salicylic-Acid-Inducible Root-Specific Ca(2+) Sensor in Arabidopsis. The Biochemical Journal 457 (1). England: 127–36. doi:10.1042/BJ20131080.

Bender, Kyle W, Daniel M Rosenbaum, Barbara Vanderbeld, Midhat Ubaid, and Wayne A Snedden (2013) The Arabidopsis Calmodulin-like Protein, CML39, Functions during Early Seedling Establishment. The Plant Journal : For Cell and Molecular Biology 76 (4). England: 634–47. doi:10.1111/tpj.12323.

Bender, Kyle W, and Wayne A Snedden (2013) Calmodulin-Related Proteins Step out from the Shadow of Their Namesake. Plant Physiology 163 (2). United States: 486–95. doi:10.1104/pp.113.221069.

DeFalco T, Chiasson D, Kaiser B, Snedden WA (2010) Characterization of GmCaMK1, a novel calmodulin-binding receptor-like kinase from soybean (Glycine max), FEBS Letters 584:4717-24

Hurley B, Tran H, Park J, Marty N, Mullen R, Snedden WA, Plaxton W (2010) The Dual-targeted Purple Acid Phosphatase Isozyme AtPAP26 is Essential for Efficient Acclimation of Arabidopsis thaliana to Nutritional Phosphate Deprivation, Plant Physiology 153: 1112-22

Waller J, Dhanoa P, Schumann U, Mullen R and Snedden WA (2010) Subcellular and Tissue Localization of NAD Kinases from Arabidopsis: Compartmentalization of de novo NADP Biosynthesis, Planta 231:305-17

DeFalco T*, Bender K*, Snedden WA (2009) Breaking the code: Calcium sensors in plant signalling. Biochemical Journal, 425:27-40 (*co-1st authors)

Dobney S, Chiasson D, Lam P, Smith SP, Snedden WA (2009). The calmodulin-related calcium sensor CML42 plays a role in trichome branching. J Biol Chem, 284:31647-57 (features cover photo of cml42 knockout trichome phenotype)

Gennidakis S, Rao S, Greenham K, Uhrig G, O’Leary B, Snedden W, Lu C, Plaxton W (2007) Bacterial- and plant-type phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase polypeptides interact in the hetero-oligomeric Class-2 PEPC complex of developing castor oil seeds. Plant J, 52:839-49

Vanderbeld B and Snedden WA. (2007) Developmental and stimulus-induced expression patterns of Arabidopsis calmodulin-like genes CML37, CML38 and CML39. Plant Mol Biol. 64:683-697

Veljanovski V, Vanderbeld B, Knowles VL, Snedden WA, Plaxton WC. (2006) Biochemical and molecular characterization of AtPAP26, a vacuolar purple acid phosphatase up-regulated in phosphate-deprived Arabidopsis suspension cells and seedlings. Plant Physiol. 142:1282-93

Chiasson D, Ekengren SK, Martin GB, Dobney SL, Snedden WA (2005) Calmodulin-like proteins from Arabidopsis and tomato are involved in host defense against Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato. Plant Mol. Biol. 58:887-97.

Nicolas Bouche, Ayelet Yellin, Wayne A. Snedden, Hillel Fromm (2005) Plant-Specific Calmodulin-Binding Proteins. Annual Review of Plant Biology. 56: 435-66

Turner WL, Waller JC, and Snedden WA (2005) Identification, molecular cloning and functional characterization of a novel NADH kinase from Arabidopsis thaliana. Biochemical J. 385: 217-223

Turner WL, Waller JC, Vanderbeld B, and Snedden WA (2004) Cloning and Characterization of Two NAD Kinases from Arabidopsis. Identification of a Calmodulin Binding Isoform. Plant Physiology. 135: 1243-1255

Bouché N, Scharlat A, Snedden WA, Bouchez D, and Fromm H (2002) A novel family of calmodulin-binding transcription activators in multicellular organisms. J. Biol. Chem. 277: 21851-21861

Snedden WA and Fromm H (2001) The calcium and calmodulin signaling network in plants. (Tansley Invited Review), New Phytologist. 151: 35-66

Snedden WA and Blumwald E (2000) Alternative transcript splicing of a novel tomato diacylglycerol kinase leads to a calmodulin-binding isoform. Plant Journal. 24: 317-326

Lee S-H, Johnson JD, Walsh MP, Van Lierop JE, Sutherland C, Xu A, Snedden WA, Kosicka KD, Fromm H, Narayanan N, and Cho MJ (2000) Differential regulation of Ca2+ /Calmodulin-dependent enzymes by plant calmodulin isoforms and free Ca2+ concentration. Biochemical J. 350: 299-306

Apse MP, Aharon GS, Snedden WA and Blumwald E (1999) Salt tolerance conferred by overexpression of a vacuolar Na+/H+ antiport in Arabidopsis thaliana. Science. 285: 1256-1258

Snedden WA and Fromm H (1998) Calmodulin, calmodulin-related proteins and plant responses to the environment. Trends in Plant Science. 3: 299-304

Aharon GS, Gelli A, Snedden WA, and Blumwald E (1998) Activation of a plant plasma membrane Ca2+ channel by TGD1, a heterotrimeric G protein G-subunit homologue. FEBS Letter. 424: 17-21

Zik M, Arazi T, Snedden WA, and Fromm H (1998) Two isoforms of glutamate decarboxylase in Arabidopsis are regulated by calcium/calmodulin and differ in organ distribution. Plant Mol Biol. 37: 967-975

Snedden WA, Fromm H. (1997) Characterization of the plant homologue of prohibitin, a gene associated with antiproliferative activity in mammalian cells. Plant Mol Biol. 33:753-6.

Cholewa E, Cholewinski AJ, Shelp BJ, Snedden WA, and Bown AW (1997) Cold shock-stimulated gamma-aminobutyric acid synthesis is mediated by an increase in cytosolic Ca2+, not by an increase in cytosolic H+. Can J Bot. 75: 375-382

Snedden WA, Chung I, Pauls RH, Bown AW (1992) Proton/l-Glutamate Symport and the Regulation of Intracellular pH in Isolated Mesophyll Cells. Plant Physiol. 99:665-71.