Structural basis for receptor recognition of pollen tube attraction peptides
oleh: Xiaoxiao Zhang, Weijia Liu, Takuya T. Nagae, Hidenori Takeuchi, Heqiao Zhang, Zhifu Han, Tetsuya Higashiyama, Jijie Chai
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2017-11-01 |
Deskripsi
The cysteine-rich peptides LUREs play an essential role in pollen tube attraction to the ovule for plant sexual reproduction. Here Zhang et al. show that PRK6 functions as a receptor of the LUREs in Arabidopsis thaliana and reveal the ligand recognition mechanism.