"Round up the usual suspects": a comment on nonexistent plant G protein-coupled receptors

Plant Physiol. 2013 Mar;161(3):1097-102. doi: 10.1104/pp.112.212324. Epub 2013 Jan 8.

Abstract

An evolutionary argument supports the conclusion that plants do not have G protein coupled receptors.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Fungal Proteins / chemistry
  • Fungal Proteins / metabolism
  • GTP-Binding Proteins / metabolism
  • Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors / metabolism
  • Plant Proteins / metabolism
  • Plants / metabolism*
  • Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled / metabolism*

Substances

  • Fungal Proteins
  • Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors
  • Plant Proteins
  • Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled
  • GTP-Binding Proteins