Nature Communications (Feb 2019)
The apocarotenoid metabolite zaxinone regulates growth and strigolactone biosynthesis in rice
- Jian You Wang,
- Imran Haider,
- Muhammad Jamil,
- Valentina Fiorilli,
- Yoshimoto Saito,
- Jianing Mi,
- Lina Baz,
- Boubacar A. Kountche,
- Kun-Peng Jia,
- Xiujie Guo,
- Aparna Balakrishna,
- Valentine O. Ntui,
- Beate Reinke,
- Veronica Volpe,
- Takashi Gojobori,
- Ikram Blilou,
- Luisa Lanfranco,
- Paola Bonfante,
- Salim Al-Babili
Affiliations
- Jian You Wang
- Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, the BioActives Lab, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Imran Haider
- Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, the BioActives Lab, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Muhammad Jamil
- Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, the BioActives Lab, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Valentina Fiorilli
- Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino
- Yoshimoto Saito
- Computational Bioscience Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Jianing Mi
- Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, the BioActives Lab, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Lina Baz
- Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, the BioActives Lab, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Boubacar A. Kountche
- Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, the BioActives Lab, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Kun-Peng Jia
- Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, the BioActives Lab, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Xiujie Guo
- Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, the BioActives Lab, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Aparna Balakrishna
- Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, the BioActives Lab, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Valentine O. Ntui
- Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, the BioActives Lab, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Beate Reinke
- Cell Biology, Institute for Biology II, Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg
- Veronica Volpe
- Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino
- Takashi Gojobori
- Computational Bioscience Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Ikram Blilou
- Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Luisa Lanfranco
- Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino
- Paola Bonfante
- Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino
- Salim Al-Babili
- Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, the BioActives Lab, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08461-1
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
Strigolactone and abscisic acid are carotenoid-derived plant hormones. Here the authors describe the identification of zaxinone, a further apocarotenoid metabolite, which down-regulates strigolactone content and is required for normal growth and development in rice.
