Strigolactone articles within Nature

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• Article | 11 June 2020

  Transcriptional regulation of strigolactone signalling in Arabidopsis

  Many of the molecular targets of strigolactones—plant hormones involved in development and in interactions with symbiotic and parasitic organisms—are uncovered, revealing how strigolactones function and an intriguing role for self-regulation of a downstream transcription factor.

  • Lei Wang
  • , Bing Wang
  •  & Jiayang Li

• Article | 21 November 2018

  Structural plasticity of D3–D14 ubiquitin ligase in strigolactone signalling

  The plant F-box protein D3 has a C-terminal α-helix that switches between two conformational states, allowing the α/β hydrolase D14 to recruit the transcription repressor D53 for strigolactone-dependent degradation.

  • Nitzan Shabek
  • , Fabrizio Ticchiarelli
  •  & Ning Zheng

• Article | 11 December 2013

  D14–SCF^D3-dependent degradation of D53 regulates strigolactone signalling

  Strigolactones (SLs), key regulators of plant growth, are believed to mediate their responses through a proposed receptor (D14) that interacts with an F-box protein (D3) to form a D14–SCF^D3 protein complex; here the perception of SLs by the D14–SCF^D3 complex and the control of gene expression are linked by the finding that DWARF 53, a repressor protein of SL function, interacts with the D14–SCF^D3 complex and is ubiquitinated and degraded in a SL-dependent manner.

  • Feng Zhou
  • , Qibing Lin
  •  & Jianmin Wan