(+)-7-iso-jasmonoyl-L-isoleucine (JA-Ile) is a lipid-derived phytohormone implicated in plant development, reproduction, and defense in response to pathogens and herbivorous insects. All these effects are instigated by the perception of JA-Ile by the COI1-JAZ co-receptor in the plant body, which in Arabidopsis thaliana, is profoundly influenced by the short JAZ degron sequence (V/L)P(Q/I)AR(R/K) of the JAZ protein.
Here, we report that SlJAZ-SlCOI1, the COI1-JAZ co-receptor found in the tomato plant, relies on the extended JAZ degron sequence (V/L)P(Q/I)AR(R/K)XSLX instead of the canonical JAZ degron. This finding illuminates our understanding of the mechanism of JA-Ile perception in this plant, and will inform the genetic modification of the SlCOI1-SlJAZ co-receptor to improve JA-Ile perception and the development of the synthetic agonists / antagonists.

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Posted 12 Apr, 2021
On 19 May, 2021
Received 12 May, 2021
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Posted 12 Apr, 2021
On 19 May, 2021
Received 12 May, 2021
Received 16 Apr, 2021
On 11 Apr, 2021
Invitations sent on 10 Apr, 2021
On 10 Apr, 2021
On 09 Apr, 2021
On 09 Apr, 2021
On 08 Apr, 2021
(+)-7-iso-jasmonoyl-L-isoleucine (JA-Ile) is a lipid-derived phytohormone implicated in plant development, reproduction, and defense in response to pathogens and herbivorous insects. All these effects are instigated by the perception of JA-Ile by the COI1-JAZ co-receptor in the plant body, which in Arabidopsis thaliana, is profoundly influenced by the short JAZ degron sequence (V/L)P(Q/I)AR(R/K) of the JAZ protein.
Here, we report that SlJAZ-SlCOI1, the COI1-JAZ co-receptor found in the tomato plant, relies on the extended JAZ degron sequence (V/L)P(Q/I)AR(R/K)XSLX instead of the canonical JAZ degron. This finding illuminates our understanding of the mechanism of JA-Ile perception in this plant, and will inform the genetic modification of the SlCOI1-SlJAZ co-receptor to improve JA-Ile perception and the development of the synthetic agonists / antagonists.

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