Male fertility: a case of enzyme identity

Curr Biol. 2000 Dec;10(24):R904-7. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00848-4.

Abstract

The plant hormone jasmonate has been implicated in male fertility in Arabidopsis. Recent studies have identified the enzyme required for a critical step of jasmonate synthesis in anthers and shown that this enzyme really is required for male fertility.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Arabidopsis / enzymology
  • Arabidopsis / physiology*
  • Arabidopsis Proteins*
  • Cyclopentanes / chemistry
  • Cyclopentanes / metabolism*
  • Fertility / physiology
  • Oxidoreductases / metabolism*
  • Oxylipins
  • Plant Growth Regulators / biosynthesis*
  • Plant Growth Regulators / chemistry
  • Plant Growth Regulators / genetics
  • Plant Growth Regulators / metabolism
  • Plant Proteins*

Substances

  • Arabidopsis Proteins
  • Cyclopentanes
  • Oxylipins
  • Plant Growth Regulators
  • Plant Proteins
  • jasmonic acid
  • OPR3 protein, Arabidopsis
  • Oxidoreductases