Dear Editor,Strigolactones (SLs) are a class of carotenoid-derived plant hor-mones that regulate shoot branching among other developmental processes (Gomez-Roldan et al., 2008; Umehara et al., 2008; AI-Babili and B...Dear Editor,Strigolactones (SLs) are a class of carotenoid-derived plant hor-mones that regulate shoot branching among other developmental processes (Gomez-Roldan et al., 2008; Umehara et al., 2008; AI-Babili and Bouwmeester, 2015). In addition, SLs are released by roots as a chemical signal attracting symbiotic arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. However, this signal is also perceived by seeds of root parasitic weeds, announcing the presence of a host and triggering germination (AI-Babili and Bouwmeester, 2015). Natural SLs consist of a butenolide ring (D ring) connected by an enol ether bridge to a tricyclic lactone (ABC rings) in canonical SLs, such as strigol, and to a variable, second moiety in non-canonical SLs, such as methyl carlactonoate.展开更多
文摘Dear Editor,Strigolactones (SLs) are a class of carotenoid-derived plant hor-mones that regulate shoot branching among other developmental processes (Gomez-Roldan et al., 2008; Umehara et al., 2008; AI-Babili and Bouwmeester, 2015). In addition, SLs are released by roots as a chemical signal attracting symbiotic arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. However, this signal is also perceived by seeds of root parasitic weeds, announcing the presence of a host and triggering germination (AI-Babili and Bouwmeester, 2015). Natural SLs consist of a butenolide ring (D ring) connected by an enol ether bridge to a tricyclic lactone (ABC rings) in canonical SLs, such as strigol, and to a variable, second moiety in non-canonical SLs, such as methyl carlactonoate.