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Ethylene

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Subfunctionalization Of Ethylene Receptors And Homology Modeling Of Cytosolic Domains In Arabidopsis Thaliana, Sai Keerthana Wuppalapati Dec 2015

Subfunctionalization Of Ethylene Receptors And Homology Modeling Of Cytosolic Domains In Arabidopsis Thaliana, Sai Keerthana Wuppalapati

Masters Theses

Ethylene is a gaseous phytohormone that initiates and modulates several mechanisms related to growth and development in plants through a family of five disulphide-linked receptor dimers. Although the ethylene receptors are very similar in their structures, they have diverse functions with both overlapping and non-overlapping roles. Silver ions are able to support ethylene binding to the receptors but it is also interesting to note that ethylene responses are blocked in the presence of silver. A part of the present study identified that ETR1 receiver domain has little or no role in mediating responses to silver ions, supported by data obtained …


Elucidating The Effect Of Silver On Ethylene Signaling In Arabidopsis Thaliana, Brittany Kathleen Mcdaniel May 2012

Elucidating The Effect Of Silver On Ethylene Signaling In Arabidopsis Thaliana, Brittany Kathleen Mcdaniel

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Ethylene, a gaseous plant hormone, is involved in numerous plant developmental processes such as seed germination, senescence, and fruit ripening. In Arabidopsis thaliana, ethylene is perceived by a family of five membrane-bound receptors, which upon binding ethylene trigger downstream effects. At the receptor level, it is known that the coordination of a copper ion is necessary for ethylene to bind, resulting in a conformational change of the receptor and the initiation of the ethylene signal transduction pathway. Interestingly, silver ions are also able to support binding of ethylene but ethylene responses are blocked in the presence of silver. When …