Cryptic bioactivity capacitated by synthetic hybrid plant peptides

Yuki Hirakawa; Hidefumi Shinohara; Kai Welke; Stephan Irle; Yoshikatsu Matsubayashi; Keiko U. Torii; Naoyuki Uchida

doi:10.1038/ncomms14318

Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

Cryptic bioactivity capacitated by synthetic hybrid plant peptides

Yuki Hirakawa,
Hidefumi Shinohara,
Kai Welke,
Stephan Irle,
Yoshikatsu Matsubayashi,
Keiko U. Torii,
Naoyuki Uchida

Affiliations

Yuki Hirakawa: Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Furo-cho
Hidefumi Shinohara: Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
Kai Welke: Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Furo-cho
Stephan Irle: Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Furo-cho
Yoshikatsu Matsubayashi: Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
Keiko U. Torii: Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Furo-cho
Naoyuki Uchida: Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Furo-cho

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14318
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Peptide hormones play versatile roles in plant development and environmental responses. Here the authors report the engineering of a synthetic plant peptide that acts on meristems through interaction with both the CLV1 and TDR/PXY receptors ofArabidopsis thaliana.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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