Designed abscisic acid analogs as antagonists of PYL-PP2C receptor interactions

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 477-482

  Takeuchi, Jun ^a   Okamoto, Masanori ^b,c   Akiyama, Tomonori ^d   Muto, Takuya ^a   Yajima, Shunsuke ^d   Sue, Masayuki ^d   Seo, Mitsunori ^e   Kanno, Yuri ^e   Kamo, Tsunashi ^f   Endo, Akira ^g,i   Nambara, Eiji ^g   Hirai, Nobuhiro ^h   Ohnishi, Toshiyuki ^a   Cutler, Sean R ^c   Todoroki, Yasushi ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^e RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^h KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN PHOSPHATASES 2C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKYLATION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; GERMINATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; LETTUCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOPHILICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADISH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEREOSPECIFICITY; SYNTHESIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA;

ABSCISIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GERMINATION; LETTUCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASES; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PROTEIN BINDING; RAPHANUS; SEEDS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84901022000     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.1524     Document Type: Article

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