Nature Communications (Apr 2019)

Biosynthesis of DHGA12 and its roles in Arabidopsis seedling establishment

  • Hao Liu,
  • Siyi Guo,
  • Minghua Lu,
  • Yu Zhang,
  • Junhua Li,
  • Wei Wang,
  • Pengtao Wang,
  • Junli Zhang,
  • Zhubing Hu,
  • Liangliang Li,
  • Lingyu Si,
  • Jie Zhang,
  • Qi Qi,
  • Xiangning Jiang,
  • José Ramón Botella,
  • Hua Wang,
  • Chun-Peng Song

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09467-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Gibberellins are a major class of phytohormones that regulate plant growth and development. Here the authors show that the Arabidopsis GAS2 protein catalyses production of DHGA12, an atypical bioactive GA, and show that GAS2 regulates ABA sensitivity during seed germination and early development.