The computational-based structure of Dwarf14 provides evidence for its role as potential strigolactone receptor in plants.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Strigolactones (SLs) are recently identified plant hormones modulating root and shoot branching. Besides their endogenous role within the producing organism, SLs are also key molecules in the communication of plants with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi and parasitic weeds. In fact SLs are exuded into the rhizosphere where they act as a host-derived signal, stimulating the germination of the seeds of parasitic plants which would not survive in the absence of a host root to colonize. Similarly, their perception by AM fungi causes extensive hyphal branching; this is a prerequisite for effective root colonization, since it increases the number of potential contact points with the host surface. In spite of the crucial and multifaceted biological role of SLs, there is no inf

SUBMITTER: Gaiji N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3436726 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature