The perception of gibberellins: clues from receptor structure

Curr Opin Plant Biol. 2010 Oct;13(5):503-8. doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2010.08.004. Epub 2010 Sep 17.

Abstract

The discovery of GID1, a soluble receptor for gibberellins (GAs), has revealed new insights into how GA is perceived. X-ray analysis has demonstrated similarities in the tertiary structure of GID1 to hormone sensitive lipase (HSL), and the GA-binding pocket of GID1 corresponds to the active site of HSL. X-ray analysis has also revealed the structural basis of the GA-GID1 interaction, and evolutionary aspects of GID1 have been discovered by comparison to GID1 from non-flowering plants. Recent studies have also demonstrated the complexity of GA signaling in Arabidopsis, which is mediated by three GID1 and five DELLA proteins. Finally, mechanistic and structural similarities for hormone signaling are compared for GA, auxin and abscisic acid, three hormones where the receptor protein structure was recently described.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Arabidopsis / metabolism*
  • Arabidopsis Proteins / metabolism
  • Binding Sites
  • Evolution, Molecular
  • Gibberellins / metabolism*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Oryza / metabolism
  • Plant Growth Regulators / metabolism*
  • Protein Structure, Secondary
  • Receptors, Cell Surface / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction*

Substances

  • Arabidopsis Proteins
  • GID1a protein, Arabidopsis
  • Gibberellins
  • Plant Growth Regulators
  • Receptors, Cell Surface