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Article Addendum
Fine-tuning regulation of strigolactone biosynthesis under phosphate starvation
Juan Antonio López-Ráez and Harro Bouwmeester
volume 3 | issue 11
november 2008Subscribe to this journal for $79/year
Strigolactones are signalling molecules playing a double role in the rhizosphere as host detection signals for arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi and root parasitic plants. They are biosynthetically originating from carotenoids. The biosynthesis of these signalling compounds is tightly regulated by environmental conditions such as nutrient availability, mainly phosphate (Pi). However, although it is known that limited-Pi conditions improve the production and/or exudation of strigolactones, there is no information concerning the effect of these conditions on the enzymes involved in strigolactone production. We have recently demonstrated that tomato is a good system to study the production and regulation of these important signalling compounds.1 In the present paper we describe an analysis of Pi starvation-induced changes in gene expression in tomato roots using a microarray study. The possible role of the up-regulated genes in the biosynthesis of strigolactones and their relationship with carotenoids and the hormone abscisic acid (ABA) are discussed.
Addendum to: López-Ráez JA, Charnikhova T, Gómez-Roldán V, Matusova R, Kohlen W, De Vos R, Verstappen F, Puech-Pages V, Bécard G, Mulder P, Bouwmeester H. Tomato strigolactones are derived from carotenoids and their biosynthesis is promoted by phosphate starvation. New Phytologist 2008; In press.
Authors
Juan Antonio López-Ráez
Plant Research International, The Netherlands; Laboratory for Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Harro Bouwmeester
Plant Research International, The Netherlands; Laboratory for Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, The Netherlands