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Hormones and Signal Transduction
Katerina Dadakova, Department of Biochemistry
Figures adopted from Buchanan et al., Biochemistry & molecular biology of plants

Hormones and Signal Transduction
Signal transduction


Hormones and Signal Transduction
Signal perception
Symplast
•RNA
•transcription factors
Apoplast
Plasma mebrane receptors
Intracellular receptors
•ethylene
•auxin
•gibberellin
•light
G-protein-coupled receptors
Ion channels
Receptor
kinases
•brassinosteroids

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Second messengers


Hormones and Signal Transduction
MAPK cascades and Phytohormones
Monooxygenase
By Jmol Development Team/Briana Miller - Jmol, GPL,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15026248

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Gibberellins
Effect of GA3 on stem elongation.
left: control plant
right: plant 7 days after treatment with GA3

Hormones and Signal Transduction
Abscisic acid


Hormones and Signal Transduction
Cytokinins
Transgenic plants AtCKX have lower CK content compared to wild-type.
The two-component system

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Auxin


Hormones and Signal Transduction
Ethylene
Left: Fruits, which generate about 5 % of normal amount of ethylene. Right: Fruits, which produce
normal amounts of ethylene.

Hormones and Signal Transduction
Brassinosteroids
Wild-type and BL-defficient Arabidopsis plant

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Polyamines


Hormones and Signal Transduction
Jasmonic acid and Salicylic acid
Necrotic lesions on the leaf of tobacco

Hormones and Signal Transduction
Strigolactones


Hormones and Signal Transduction
Plant photoreceptors
Phytochromes