期刊
PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR
卷 4, 期 12, 页码 1152-1153出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.4161/psb.4.12.9943
关键词
ethylene; receptor; ETR1; cooperativity; Arabidopsis
资金
- Department of Energy [DE-FG0205ER15704]
The phytohormone ethylene is perceived in Arabidopsis by a five-member receptor family. Earlier work has demonstrated that the basic functional unit for an ethylene receptor is a disulfide-linked homodimer. We recently reported in The Journal of Biological Chemistry that the ethylene-receptor ETR1 physically associates with other ethylene receptors through higher order interactions, suggesting the existence of receptor clusters. Here we consider the implications of such clusters upon the mechanism of ethylene signal transduction. In particular, we consider how such clustering provides a cooperative mechanism, akin to what has been found for the prokaryotic chemoreceptors, by which plant sensitivity to ethylene may be increased. In addition, we consider how the dominant ethylene insensitivity conferred by some receptor mutations, such as etr1-1, may also be propagated by interactions among members of the ethylene receptor family.
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