The levels of plant hormones are broadly determined by their relative rates of biosynthesis and degradation, but a degradation pathway for strigolactones has been missing. Now an enzyme has been discovered that can break down strigolactones and thereby influence plant development.
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Humphreys, J.L., Smith, S.M. Strigolactone breakdown. Nat. Plants 7, 1443–1444 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-021-01013-w
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