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Burning vegetation produces cyanohydrins that liberate cyanide and stimulate seed germination

Cyanide, a known plant defence compound, can also stimulate seed germination. Flemattiet al. show that glyceronitrile is produced in wildfire smoke, which can release cyanide and stimulate seed germination of fire-responsive plant species, thus serving as an ecological store of cyanide.

Gavin R. Flematti
David J. Merritt
Emilio L. Ghisalberti
Research21 Jun 2011
Nature Communications

Volume: 2, P: 1-6
Practical preparation of unsaturated very-long-chain fatty acids (VLCFAs) and very-long-chain alkene pollinator attractants

Björn Bohman
Aylin J. Bersch
Philipp M. Schlüter
ResearchOpen Access24 Aug 2024
Scientific Reports

Volume: 14, P: 1-5
Characterization and analysis of a Commiphora species germinated from an ancient seed suggests a possible connection to a species mentioned in the Bible

Germination of an ancient seed from the Judean desert, confirmed by DNA sequencing and phylogenetic analysis as belonging to an unknown Commiphora sp., contained abundant bioactive compounds, suggesting identification with a resin-producing tree mentioned in Biblical sources.

Sarah Sallon
Elaine Solowey
Andrea Weeks
ResearchOpen Access10 Sept 2024
Communications Biology

Volume: 7, P: 1-13
Rice cytochrome P450 MAX1 homologs catalyze distinct steps in strigolactone biosynthesis

Biosynthesis of the strigolactones—important plant hormones—has been solved up to carlactone. Biochemical and genetic evidence now demonstrate that homologous enzymes perform two subsequent oxidations, setting the strigolactone scaffold in place.

Yanxia Zhang
Aalt D J van Dijk
Harro J Bouwmeester
Research26 Oct 2014
Nature Chemical Biology

Volume: 10, P: 1028-1033
Divergent receptor proteins confer responses to different karrikins in two ephemeral weeds

Karrikins are germination stimulants perceived by KAI2 in Arabidopsis. Here the authors show that Brassica tournefortii, a close relative to Arabidopsis, has multiple copies of KAI2 with amino acid substitutions that confer responsiveness to the specific karrikin compounds found in wildfire smoke.

Yueming Kelly Sun
Jiaren Yao
Mark T. Waters
ResearchOpen Access09 Mar 2020
Nature Communications

Volume: 11, P: 1-13
Destabilization of strigolactone receptor DWARF14 by binding of ligand and E3-ligase signaling effector DWARF3

Li-Hua Zhao
X Edward Zhou
H Eric Xu
Research16 Oct 2015
Cell Research

Volume: 25, P: 1219-1236

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Burning vegetation produces cyanohydrins that liberate cyanide and stimulate seed germination

Practical preparation of unsaturated very-long-chain fatty acids (VLCFAs) and very-long-chain alkene pollinator attractants

Characterization and analysis of a Commiphora species germinated from an ancient seed suggests a possible connection to a species mentioned in the Bible

Rice cytochrome P450 MAX1 homologs catalyze distinct steps in strigolactone biosynthesis

Divergent receptor proteins confer responses to different karrikins in two ephemeral weeds

Destabilization of strigolactone receptor DWARF14 by binding of ligand and E3-ligase signaling effector DWARF3

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Burning vegetation produces cyanohydrins that liberate cyanide and stimulate seed germination

Practical preparation of unsaturated very-long-chain fatty acids (VLCFAs) and very-long-chain alkene pollinator attractants

Characterization and analysis of a Commiphora species germinated from an ancient seed suggests a possible connection to a species mentioned in the Bible

Rice cytochrome P450 MAX1 homologs catalyze distinct steps in strigolactone biosynthesis

Divergent receptor proteins confer responses to different karrikins in two ephemeral weeds

Destabilization of strigolactone receptor DWARF14 by binding of ligand and E3-ligase signaling effector DWARF3

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