2007/05/18 by Claus Wasternack · 2 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Insect-Plant Interactions and Control #Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis #Plant Parasitism and Resistance #Jasmonic acid #Biology #Abscisic acid #Oxylipin #Auxin #Plant growth #Plant hormone #Abiotic component #Biotic stress #Abiotic stress #Signal transduction #Jasmonate #Salicylic acid #Biosynthesis #Cell biology #Botany #Plant defense against herbivory #Biochemistry #Gene #Arabidopsis #Ecology
paper · pdf · doi:10.1093/aob/mcm079
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BACKGROUND: Jasmonates are ubiquitously occurring lipid-derived compounds with signal functions in plant responses to abiotic and biotic stresses, as well as in plant growth and development. Jasmonic acid and its various metabolites are members of the oxylipin family. Many of them alter gene expression positively or negatively in a regulatory network with synergistic and antagonistic effects in relation to other plant hormones such as salicylate, auxin, ethylene and abscisic acid. SCOPE: This review summarizes biosynthesis and signal transduction of jasmonates with emphasis on new findings in relation to enzymes, their crystal structure, new compounds detected in the oxylipin and jasmonate families, and newly found functions. CONCLUSIONS: Crystal structure of enzymes in jasmonate biosynthesis, increasing number of jasmonate metabolites and newly identified components of the jasmonate signal-transduction pathway, including specifically acting transcription factors, have led to new insights into jasmonate action, but its receptor(s) is/are still missing, in contrast to all other plant hormones.