journal article Mar 21, 2016

Identification of three LRR-RKs involved in perception of root meristem growth factor in Arabidopsis

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There is a growing awareness that receptor kinases (RKs) regulate various aspects of plant development in response to perception of specific ligands, but the highly redundant nature of this family's members often makes it difficult to identify their ligands by a conventional mutant screening approach. To sidestep gene redundancy problems, here we used a combination of a custom-made RK expression library and exhaustive photoaffinity labeling and identified three RKs that directly interact with root meristem growth factor (RGF), a peptide hormone regulating root meristem development. The receptor triple mutant was insensitive to externally applied RGF peptide and displayed a short root phenotype accompanied by a considerable decrease in meristematic cell number, representing a previously unidentified ligand–receptor system in plants.
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Published
Mar 21, 2016
Vol/Issue
113(14)
Pages
3897-3902
Cite This Article
Hidefumi Shinohara, Ayaka Mori, Naoko Yasue, et al. (2016). Identification of three LRR-RKs involved in perception of root meristem growth factor in Arabidopsis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(14), 3897-3902. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1522639113