Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Structural basis for receptor recognition of pollen tube attraction peptides

  • Xiaoxiao Zhang,
  • Weijia Liu,
  • Takuya T. Nagae,
  • Hidenori Takeuchi,
  • Heqiao Zhang,
  • Zhifu Han,
  • Tetsuya Higashiyama,
  • Jijie Chai

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01323-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The cysteine-rich peptides LUREs play an essential role in pollen tube attraction to the ovule for plant sexual reproduction. Here Zhang et al. show that PRK6 functions as a receptor of the LUREs in Arabidopsis thaliana and reveal the ligand recognition mechanism.