BSK1

UniProt ID: Q944A7
Organism: Arabidopsis thaliana
Review Status: COMPLETE
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Gene Description

BSK1 (BRASSINOSTEROID-SIGNALING KINASE 1, At4g35230) is a receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase of the RLCK-XII family with an N-terminal kinase domain and a C-terminal tetratricopeptide-repeat (TPR) domain. It is anchored to the cytoplasmic face of the plasma membrane by N-myristoylation and S-acylation (by PAT19/20/22). In brassinosteroid signalling the activated receptor BRI1 phosphorylates BSK1 at Ser230, which promotes BSK1 binding to the BSU1 phosphatase; BSU1 then dephosphorylates and inactivates the GSK3-like kinase BIN2, allowing BZR1/BES1 accumulation. BSK1 belongs to a family of twelve partially redundant BSKs, and structural work on BSK8 suggests that BSKs may function largely as allosteric pseudokinase scaffolds, although BSK1 shows in vitro kinase activity. BSK1 also associates with the immune receptor FLS2 and contributes to pattern-triggered immunity and resistance to bacterial, fungal and oomycete pathogens.

Existing Annotations Review

GO Term Evidence Action Reason
GO:0000325 plant-type vacuole
HDA
PMID:15539469
The vegetative vacuole proteome of Arabidopsis thaliana reve...
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Detected in a vacuole proteome.
Reason: High-throughput organelle proteomics hit; BSK1 is a plasma-membrane-anchored kinase, and vacuolar detection most likely reflects membrane contamination or turnover.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:38315835
The PM abundance of BSK1 was reduced by functional loss of PAT19, PAT20, and PAT22 whereas abolished by its S-acylation-deficient point mutations, suggesting a key role of S-acylation in its PM targeting.
GO:0004672 protein kinase activity
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: Protein kinase activity of BSK1.
Reason: BSK1 kinase activity is experimentally reported and required for its immune function, although structural work on the paralog BSK8 suggests BSKs may act largely as pseudokinase scaffolds; the activity annotation is retained with that caveat.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23532072
BSK1 belongs to a receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase family and displays kinase activity in vitro; this kinase activity is required for its function.
PMID:23911552
suggest that BSKs represent constitutively inactive protein kinases that regulate brassinosteroid signal transfer through an allosteric mechanism
GO:0004672 protein kinase activity
IDA
PMID:23532072
BR-SIGNALING KINASE1 physically associates with FLAGELLIN SE...
ACCEPT
Summary: Protein kinase activity of BSK1.
Reason: BSK1 kinase activity is experimentally reported and required for its immune function, although structural work on the paralog BSK8 suggests BSKs may act largely as pseudokinase scaffolds; the activity annotation is retained with that caveat.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23532072
BSK1 belongs to a receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase family and displays kinase activity in vitro; this kinase activity is required for its function.
PMID:23911552
suggest that BSKs represent constitutively inactive protein kinases that regulate brassinosteroid signal transfer through an allosteric mechanism
GO:0004672 protein kinase activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000002
ACCEPT
Summary: Protein kinase activity of BSK1.
Reason: BSK1 kinase activity is experimentally reported and required for its immune function, although structural work on the paralog BSK8 suggests BSKs may act largely as pseudokinase scaffolds; the activity annotation is retained with that caveat.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23532072
BSK1 belongs to a receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase family and displays kinase activity in vitro; this kinase activity is required for its function.
GO:0004674 protein serine/threonine kinase activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000003
ACCEPT
Summary: EC 2.7.11.1-derived serine/threonine kinase activity.
Reason: BSK1 kinase activity is experimentally reported and required for its immune function, although structural work on the paralog BSK8 suggests BSKs may act largely as pseudokinase scaffolds; the activity annotation is retained with that caveat.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23532072
BSK1 belongs to a receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase family and displays kinase activity in vitro; this kinase activity is required for its function.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:18653891
BSKs mediate signal transduction from the receptor kinase BR...
MODIFY
Summary: IPI with BRI1, a protein kinase that BSK1 binds as a substrate or signalling partner.
Reason: Generic protein binding is uninformative; the partner is a protein kinase, so protein kinase binding is the more informative term supported by the same evidence.
Proposed replacements: protein kinase binding
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:18653891
The BSKs are phosphorylated by BRI1 in vitro and interact with BRI1 in vivo.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:23496207
BSKs are partially redundant positive regulators of brassino...
REMOVE
Summary: IPI with BSK11.
Reason: Generic protein binding is uninformative; removal does not imply the interaction is false (it is recorded in the description/notes).
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23496207
multiple BSKs interacted in vivo with the BR receptor BRI1, and served as its phosphorylation substrates in vitro
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:23496207
BSKs are partially redundant positive regulators of brassino...
MODIFY
Summary: IPI with BRI1, a protein kinase that BSK1 binds as a substrate or signalling partner.
Reason: Generic protein binding is uninformative; the partner is a protein kinase, so protein kinase binding is the more informative term supported by the same evidence.
Proposed replacements: protein kinase binding
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23496207
multiple BSKs interacted in vivo with the BR receptor BRI1, and served as its phosphorylation substrates in vitro
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:23496207
BSKs are partially redundant positive regulators of brassino...
MODIFY
Summary: IPI with BIN2, a protein kinase that BSK1 binds as a substrate or signalling partner.
Reason: Generic protein binding is uninformative; the partner is a protein kinase, so protein kinase binding is the more informative term supported by the same evidence.
Proposed replacements: protein kinase binding
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23496207
The BIN2 and BIL2 GSK3-like kinases, which are negative regulators of BR signaling, interacted in vivo with BSKs and phosphorylated them in vitro, probably at different sites to BRI1.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:23496207
BSKs are partially redundant positive regulators of brassino...
REMOVE
Summary: IPI with BSK8.
Reason: Generic protein binding is uninformative; removal does not imply the interaction is false (it is recorded in the description/notes).
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23496207
multiple BSKs interacted in vivo with the BR receptor BRI1, and served as its phosphorylation substrates in vitro
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:23496207
BSKs are partially redundant positive regulators of brassino...
REMOVE
Summary: IPI with BSK5.
Reason: Generic protein binding is uninformative; removal does not imply the interaction is false (it is recorded in the description/notes).
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23496207
multiple BSKs interacted in vivo with the BR receptor BRI1, and served as its phosphorylation substrates in vitro
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:23496207
BSKs are partially redundant positive regulators of brassino...
REMOVE
Summary: IPI with BSK6.
Reason: Generic protein binding is uninformative; removal does not imply the interaction is false (it is recorded in the description/notes).
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23496207
multiple BSKs interacted in vivo with the BR receptor BRI1, and served as its phosphorylation substrates in vitro
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:23532072
BR-SIGNALING KINASE1 physically associates with FLAGELLIN SE...
MODIFY
Summary: IPI with FLS2, a protein kinase that BSK1 binds as a substrate or signalling partner.
Reason: Generic protein binding is uninformative; the partner is a protein kinase, so protein kinase binding is the more informative term supported by the same evidence.
Proposed replacements: protein kinase binding
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23532072
BSK1 physically associates with the PAMP receptor FLAGELLIN SENSING2 and is required for a subset of flg22-induced responses, including the reactive oxygen burst, but not for mitogen-activated protein kinase activation.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:38315835
Arabidopsis protein S-acyl transferases positively mediate B...
REMOVE
Summary: IPI with PAT19/PAT20/PAT22 S-acyltransferases.
Reason: Generic protein binding is uninformative; removal does not imply the interaction is false (it is recorded in the description/notes).
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:38315835
PAT19, PAT20, and PAT22 interact with BSK1 and are critical for the S-acylation of BSK1, and for BR signaling.
GO:0005524 ATP binding
IEA
GO_REF:0000002
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: ATP binding inferred from the protein kinase domain.
Reason: Nucleotide binding is consistent with the kinase fold (BSK8 co-crystallized with AMP-PNP) but is not an informative functional descriptor.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23911552
suggest that BSKs represent constitutively inactive protein kinases that regulate brassinosteroid signal transfer through an allosteric mechanism
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
EXP
PMID:23532072
BR-SIGNALING KINASE1 physically associates with FLAGELLIN SE...
ACCEPT
Summary: Plasma membrane localization of BSK1.
Reason: Direct evidence.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21855796
BSK1 is localized at the plasma membrane and is phosphorylated at Ser230 by BRI1 upon BR treatment
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
HDA
PMID:14506206
Large-scale analysis of in vivo phosphorylated membrane prot...
ACCEPT
Summary: Plasma membrane proteomics detection of BSK1.
Reason: Consistent with targeted localization studies.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21855796
BSK1 is localized at the plasma membrane and is phosphorylated at Ser230 by BRI1 upon BR treatment
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
HDA
PMID:16618929
Mapping the Arabidopsis organelle proteome.
ACCEPT
Summary: Plasma membrane proteomics detection of BSK1.
Reason: Consistent with targeted localization studies.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21855796
BSK1 is localized at the plasma membrane and is phosphorylated at Ser230 by BRI1 upon BR treatment
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
HDA
PMID:17644812
A high content in lipid-modified peripheral proteins and int...
ACCEPT
Summary: Plasma membrane proteomics detection of BSK1.
Reason: Consistent with targeted localization studies.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21855796
BSK1 is localized at the plasma membrane and is phosphorylated at Ser230 by BRI1 upon BR treatment
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
HDA
PMID:22923678
Putative glycosyltransferases and other plant Golgi apparatu...
ACCEPT
Summary: Plasma membrane proteomics detection of BSK1.
Reason: Consistent with targeted localization studies.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21855796
BSK1 is localized at the plasma membrane and is phosphorylated at Ser230 by BRI1 upon BR treatment
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
HDA
PMID:28887381
Global Analysis of Membrane-associated Protein Oligomerizati...
ACCEPT
Summary: Plasma membrane proteomics detection of BSK1.
Reason: Consistent with targeted localization studies.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21855796
BSK1 is localized at the plasma membrane and is phosphorylated at Ser230 by BRI1 upon BR treatment
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: BSKs are plasma membrane-anchored RLCKs.
Reason: Consistent with direct evidence.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21855796
BSK1 is localized at the plasma membrane and is phosphorylated at Ser230 by BRI1 upon BR treatment
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
IDA
PMID:18653891
BSKs mediate signal transduction from the receptor kinase BR...
ACCEPT
Summary: Plasma membrane localization of BSK1.
Reason: Direct evidence.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:18653891
The BSKs are phosphorylated by BRI1 in vitro and interact with BRI1 in vivo.
PMID:21855796
BSK1 is localized at the plasma membrane and is phosphorylated at Ser230 by BRI1 upon BR treatment
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
IEA
GO_REF:0000044
ACCEPT
Summary: UniProt subcellular location mapping.
Reason: Consistent with direct evidence.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21855796
BSK1 is localized at the plasma membrane and is phosphorylated at Ser230 by BRI1 upon BR treatment
GO:0009506 plasmodesma
HDA
PMID:21533090
Arabidopsis plasmodesmal proteome.
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Detected in a plasmodesmal proteome.
Reason: Plasmodesmal fractions contain plasma membrane; there is no targeted evidence for plasmodesmal enrichment or function of BSK1.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21855796
BSK1 is localized at the plasma membrane and is phosphorylated at Ser230 by BRI1 upon BR treatment
GO:0009742 brassinosteroid mediated signaling pathway
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: Phylogenetic inference of BR signalling for the BSK clade.
Reason: BSK1 has its own direct experimental evidence; the IBA indicates the role is shared across the BSK family.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:18653891
These results demonstrate that BSKs are the substrates of BRI1 kinase that activate downstream BR signal transduction.
PMID:23496207
multiple BSKs interacted in vivo with the BR receptor BRI1, and served as its phosphorylation substrates in vitro
GO:0009742 brassinosteroid mediated signaling pathway
IDA
PMID:18653891
BSKs mediate signal transduction from the receptor kinase BR...
ACCEPT
Summary: BSK1 is a direct BRI1 substrate that relays the BR signal downstream of the receptor.
Reason: Core process; direct biochemical and genetic evidence.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:18653891
The BSKs are phosphorylated by BRI1 in vitro and interact with BRI1 in vivo.
PMID:18653891
These results demonstrate that BSKs are the substrates of BRI1 kinase that activate downstream BR signal transduction.
GO:0009742 brassinosteroid mediated signaling pathway
IEA
GO_REF:0000120
ACCEPT
Summary: Automated BR signalling annotation.
Reason: Consistent with experimental evidence.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:18653891
These results demonstrate that BSKs are the substrates of BRI1 kinase that activate downstream BR signal transduction.
GO:0009898 cytoplasmic side of plasma membrane
IDA
PMID:39077775
The cytoskeleton controls the dynamics of plasma membrane pr...
ACCEPT
Summary: BSK1 tracked as a membrane-anchored (cytoplasmic-face) plasma membrane protein by single-molecule imaging.
Reason: BSK1 lacks a transmembrane domain and is lipid-anchored on the cytoplasmic face of the plasma membrane via N-myristoylation and S-acylation.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:38315835
The PM abundance of BSK1 was reduced by functional loss of PAT19, PAT20, and PAT22 whereas abolished by its S-acylation-deficient point mutations, suggesting a key role of S-acylation in its PM targeting.
GO:0042742 defense response to bacterium
IMP
PMID:23532072
BR-SIGNALING KINASE1 physically associates with FLAGELLIN SE...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: bsk1 loss of function increases susceptibility to Pseudomonas syringae.
Reason: Genuine but secondary role in pattern-triggered immunity, distinct from the core BR-relay function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23532072
A loss-of-function bsk1 mutant displayed enhanced susceptibility to virulent and avirulent pathogens, including Golovinomyces cichoracearum, Pseudomonas syringae, and Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis.
GO:0050832 defense response to fungus
IMP
PMID:23532072
BR-SIGNALING KINASE1 physically associates with FLAGELLIN SE...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: bsk1 loss of function increases susceptibility to powdery mildew and oomycete pathogens.
Reason: Genuine secondary immune role.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23532072
A loss-of-function bsk1 mutant displayed enhanced susceptibility to virulent and avirulent pathogens, including Golovinomyces cichoracearum, Pseudomonas syringae, and Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis.
GO:0106310 protein serine kinase activity
EXP
PMID:23532072
BR-SIGNALING KINASE1 physically associates with FLAGELLIN SE...
ACCEPT
Summary: Serine kinase activity of BSK1 shown in vitro.
Reason: BSK1 kinase activity is experimentally reported and required for its immune function, although structural work on the paralog BSK8 suggests BSKs may act largely as pseudokinase scaffolds; the activity annotation is retained with that caveat.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23532072
BSK1 belongs to a receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase family and displays kinase activity in vitro; this kinase activity is required for its function.
GO:0106310 protein serine kinase activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000116
ACCEPT
Summary: Rhea-derived protein serine kinase activity.
Reason: BSK1 kinase activity is experimentally reported and required for its immune function, although structural work on the paralog BSK8 suggests BSKs may act largely as pseudokinase scaffolds; the activity annotation is retained with that caveat.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23532072
BSK1 belongs to a receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase family and displays kinase activity in vitro; this kinase activity is required for its function.

Core Functions

Plasma-membrane-anchored receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase (RLCK-XII) that is phosphorylated by the activated BR receptor BRI1 (Ser230) and, once phosphorylated, binds the BSU1 phosphatase, relaying the BR signal from the receptor complex toward inactivation of BIN2. Its catalytic contribution is debated (paralog structures suggest pseudokinase behaviour), but in vitro kinase activity has been reported and is required for its immune function.

Molecular Function:
protein kinase activity
Cellular Locations:
Supporting Evidence:
  • PMID:18653891
    The BSKs are phosphorylated by BRI1 in vitro and interact with BRI1 in vivo.
  • PMID:18653891
    These results demonstrate that BSKs are the substrates of BRI1 kinase that activate downstream BR signal transduction.
  • PMID:19734888
    We show that phosphorylation of BSK1 (BR-signalling kinase 1) by the BR receptor kinase BRI1 (BR-insensitive 1) promotes BSK1 binding to the BSU1 (BRI1 suppressor 1) phosphatase
  • PMID:23532072
    BSK1 belongs to a receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase family and displays kinase activity in vitro; this kinase activity is required for its function.

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Suggested Questions for Experts

Q: Is BSK1 catalytic activity required for BR signal relay to BSU1, or does BSK1 act as an allosteric pseudokinase scaffold as suggested for BSK8?

Q: How does BSK1 promote BSU1 activity in vivo when no direct effect of BSK1 on BSU1 phosphatase activity was detected in vitro?

Suggested Experiments

Experiment: Complement a bsk multiple mutant with catalytically dead BSK1 (e.g. K104E or D-to-N catalytic loop mutant) and assay BR responses and BIN2 Tyr200 phosphorylation.

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