Peptide signaling in plants: finding partners is the key.
Root meristem growth factors (RGFs), a family of "orphan" peptides, control root growth by altering the expression and gradient of transcription factors PLETHORAS (PLTs) that maintain stem cell niche. However, the receptors for RGFs remain unknown until recently when three groups independently reported the identification of a group of receptor-like kinases (RLKs) as cell surface receptors for RGFs.
Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Developmental Regulation, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China.
Feng
F
Yu
Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Sheng
S
Luan
D017360:Arabidopsis; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D018519:Meristem; D010455:Peptides; D018517:Plant Roots
D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D010455:Peptides