Unraveling the paradoxes of plant hormone signaling integration

Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2010 Jun;17(6):642-5. doi: 10.1038/nsmb0610-642.

Abstract

Plant hormones play a major role in plant growth and development. They affect similar processes but, paradoxically, their signaling pathways act nonredundantly. Hormone signals are integrated at the gene-network level rather than by cross-talk during signal transduction. In contrast to hormone-hormone integration, recent data suggest that light and plant hormone pathways share common signaling components, which allows photoreceptors to influence the growth program. We propose a role for the plant hormone auxin as an integrator of the activities of multiple plant hormones to control plant growth in response to the environment.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Indoleacetic Acids / metabolism
  • Models, Biological
  • Phototrophic Processes
  • Plant Growth Regulators / physiology*
  • Plant Physiological Phenomena*
  • Signal Transduction / physiology*

Substances

  • Indoleacetic Acids
  • Plant Growth Regulators