“…For example, the scaffold–adapter 14‐3‐3 proteins serve as major convergence points for osmosensory signals and are characterized by their ability to regulate multiple downstream signal transduction pathways and diverse effectors (Fu et al , 2000; Kültz et al , 2001; Koskinen et al , 2004). In the euryhaline teleost F. heteroclitus , 14‐3‐3 proteins are suspected of modulating ion transport during osmotic stress in several ways, including through the activation of the H + ‐ATPase, which in turn energizes ion transport via the Na + , K + ‐ATPase, by decreasing protein kinase C activity, which in turn can inhibit Na + , K + ‐ATPase in the gill epithelium (Crombie et al , 1996) and by binding calmodulin, which inhibits the Ca +2 activated Cl − channel (Chan et al , 2000; Kültz et al , 2001).…”