Plant BiologybioRxivPreprint
Decarboxylation of indoleacetic acid illuminates its evolution into a plant hormone
Roman Skokan, Vojtěch Schmidt, Petre Ivanov Dobrev…·Jan Petrášek
This study identifies IAA decarboxylation as a conserved metabolic pathway in streptophyte algae and land plants, linking IAA's instability to its evolution as a plant hormone.
DOI 10.64898/2026.09.07.749952