Binding of brassinosteroids to the extracellular domain of plant receptor kinase BRI1
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The first evidence for direct binding of active brassinosteroids to BRI1, a leucine-rich repeat (LRR) receptor kinase localized to the plasma membrane, using a biotin-tagged photoaffinity castasterone (BPCS), a biosynthetic precursor of brassinolide, is presented. The results show that brassinosteroids bind directly to the 94 amino acids comprising island domain (ID)-LRR22 in the extracellular domain of BRI1, and define a new building domain for steroid hormones.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2005
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Regulation of ethylene gas biosynthesis by the Arabidopsis ET01 protein
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Ethylene-overproducer mutation, ETO1, is a gene that negatively regulates ACS activity and ethylene production. It is proposed that, ETO1serves as a substrate-specific adaptor protein.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
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