| Title : Divergent receptor proteins confer responses to different karrikins in two ephemeral weeds - Sun_2020_Nat.Commun_11_1264 |
| Author(s) : Sun YK , Yao J , Scaffidi A , Melville KT , Davies SF , Bond CS , Smith SM , Flematti GR , Waters MT |
| Ref : Nat Commun , 11 :1264 , 2020 |
| Abstract : Wildfires can encourage the establishment of invasive plants by releasing potent germination stimulants, such as karrikins. Seed germination of Brassica tournefortii, a noxious weed of Mediterranean climates, is strongly stimulated by KAR1, the archetypal karrikin produced from burning vegetation. In contrast, the closely-related yet non-fire-associated ephemeral Arabidopsis thaliana is unusual because it responds preferentially to KAR2. The alpha/beta-hydrolase KARRIKIN INSENSITIVE 2 (KAI2) is the putative karrikin receptor identified in Arabidopsis. Here we show that B. tournefortii expresses three KAI2 homologues, and the most highly-expressed homologue is sufficient to confer enhanced responses to KAR1 relative to KAR2 when expressed in Arabidopsis. We identify two amino acid residues near the KAI2 active site that explain the ligand selectivity, and show that this combination has arisen independently multiple times within dicots. Our results suggest that duplication and diversification of KAI2 proteins could confer differential responses to chemical cues produced by environmental disturbance, including fire. |
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| PubMedSearch : Sun_2020_Nat.Commun_11_1264 |
| PubMedID: 32152287 |
| Gene_locus related to this paper: brato-a0a2r4k3y4 , brato-a0a2r4k3y2 , brato-a0a2r4k3v9 , brato-a0a2r4k3y1 , brato-a0a2r4k3w9 , brato-a0a2r4k3z0 |
| Gene_locus related to this paper: brato-a0a2r4k3y4 , brato-a0a2r4k3y2 , brato-a0a2r4k3v9 , brato-a0a2r4k3y1 , brato-a0a2r4k3w9 , brato-a0a2r4k3z0 |
Sun YK, Yao J, Scaffidi A, Melville KT, Davies SF, Bond CS, Smith SM, Flematti GR, Waters MT (2020)
Divergent receptor proteins confer responses to different karrikins in two ephemeral weeds
Nat Commun
11 :1264
Sun YK, Yao J, Scaffidi A, Melville KT, Davies SF, Bond CS, Smith SM, Flematti GR, Waters MT (2020)
Nat Commun
11 :1264