Strigolactone breakdown

Humphreys JL and Smith SM

Nature Plants
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-021-01013-w

Abstract

The levels of plant hormones are broadly determined by their relative rates of biosynthesis and degradation, but a degradation pathway for strigolactones has been missing. Now an enzyme has been discovered that can break down strigolactones and thereby influence plant development.

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