Top hits in contemporary JAZ: an update on jasmonate signaling.
The phytohormone jasmonate (JA) regulates a wide range of growth, developmental, and defense-related processes during the plant life cycle. Identification of the JAZ family of proteins that repress JA responses has facilitated rapid progress in understanding how this lipid-derived hormone controls gene expression. Recent analysis of JAZ proteins has provided insight into the nature of the JA receptor, the chemical specificity of signal perception, and cross-talk between JA and other hormone response pathways. Functional diversification of JAZ proteins by alternative splicing, together with the ability of JAZ proteins to homo- and heterodimerize, provide mechanisms to enhance combinatorial diversity and versatility in gene regulation by JA.
DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1312, USA.
Hoo Sun
HS
Chung
Yajie
Y
Niu
John
J
Browse
Gregg A
GA
Howe
D017398:Alternative Splicing / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D003517:Cyclopentanes / Q000378:metabolism*; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D008954:Models, Biological; D054883:Oxylipins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010802:Phylogeny; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*
D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D003517:Cyclopentanes; D054883:Oxylipins; C011006:jasmonic acid