Divergent receptor proteins confer responses to different karrikins in two ephemeral weeds
Y. K. Sun, J. Yao, A. Scaffidi, K. Melville, S. F. Davies, C. S. Bond, S. M. Smith, G. R. Flematti, M. T. Waters
The paper shows that Brassica tournefortii uses different KAI2 homologues to respond to KAR1, while Arabidopsis thaliana prefers KAR2, with two amino acid variants explaining ligand selectivity.
bioRxiv · Jan 15, 2020Plant Biology