GA action: turning on de-DELLA repressing signaling

Curr Opin Plant Biol. 2007 Oct;10(5):461-5. doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2007.08.011. Epub 2007 Sep 27.

Abstract

Phytohormone gibberellins (GA) are a large family of tetracyclic diterpenoids and play the important roles in modulation of plant growth and development throughout the plant life cycle. GA depresses its signaling by the GA-promoted destabilization of the DELLA protein growth repressors via 26S proteasome pathway. Recent evidences indicate that the DELLA proteins interact with multiple environmental and other hormonal response pathways and confer plant growth restraint. Furthermore, the discovery of rice GIBBERELLIN INSENSITIVE DWARF1 (GID1) and three Arabidopsis AtGID1 homologs as soluble GA receptors opens new prospects for understanding of de-DELLA repressing system in GA signaling.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Gene Expression Regulation, Plant / physiology
  • Gibberellins / metabolism*
  • Plant Development*
  • Plant Proteins / genetics
  • Plant Proteins / metabolism
  • Plants / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction / physiology*

Substances

  • Gibberellins
  • Plant Proteins
  • gibberellic acid