Structural analysis of a hormone-bound Striga strigolactone receptor.
Arellano-Saab, A., Skarina, T., Xu, Z., McErlean, C.S.P., Savchenko, A., Lumba, S., Stogios, P.J., McCourt, P.(2023) Nat Plants 9: 883-888
- PubMed: 37264151 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-023-01423-y
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
8DVC - PubMed Abstract: 
Strigolactones (SLs) regulate many aspects of plant development, but ambiguities remain about how this hormone is perceived because SL-complexed receptor structures do not exist. We find that when SL binds the Striga receptor, ShHTL5, a series of conformational changes relative to the unbound state occur, but these events are not sufficient for signalling. Ligand-complexed receptors, however, form internal tunnels that posit an explanation for how SL exits its receptor after hydrolysis.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.