Nature Communications (Apr 2018)

BRI1 and BAK1 interact with G proteins and regulate sugar-responsive growth and development in Arabidopsis

  • Yuancheng Peng,
  • Liangliang Chen,
  • Shengjun Li,
  • Yueying Zhang,
  • Ran Xu,
  • Zupei Liu,
  • Wuxia Liu,
  • Jingjing Kong,
  • Xiahe Huang,
  • Yingchun Wang,
  • Beijiu Cheng,
  • Leiying Zheng,
  • Yunhai Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03884-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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G-proteins regulate sugar-responsive growth in plants. Here the authors show that brassinosteroid (BR) signaling is also involved in sugar responses and present evidence that the BR receptor BRI1 and its co-receptor BAK1 can phosphorylate G-protein subunits to regulate sugar signaling in Arabidopsis.