Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Warm temperature triggers JOX and ST2A-mediated jasmonate catabolism to promote plant growth

  • Tingting Zhu,
  • Cornelia Herrfurth,
  • Mingming Xin,
  • Tatyana Savchenko,
  • Ivo Feussner,
  • Alain Goossens,
  • Ive De Smet

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24883-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Plants undergo morphological changes to enhance cooling at warm temperatures. Here Zhu et al. show that JOXs and ST2A enzymes, which mediate jasmonate catabolism, contribute to this process by reducing the level of bioactive jasmonate facilitating growth responses.