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Volume 21, No 9, Sep 2011

ISSN: 1001-0602 
EISSN: 1748-7838 2018 
impact factor 17.848* 
(Clarivate Analytics, 2019)

Volume 21 Issue 9, September 2011: 1286-1294

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Plant ubiquitin-proteasome pathway and its role in gibberellin signaling

Feng Wang1 and Xing Wang Deng1,2

1Peking-Yale Joint Center for Plant Molecular Genetics and Agro-Biotechnology, National Laboratory of Protein Engineering and Plant Genetic Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

2Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8104, USA
Correspondence: Xing Wang Deng,(xingwang.deng@yale.edu)

The ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) in plants, like in other eukaryotes, targets numerous intracellular regulators and thus modulates almost every aspect of growth and development. The well-known and best-characterized outcome of ubiquitination is mediating target protein degradation via the 26S proteasome, which represents the major selective protein degradation pathway conserved among eukaryotes. In this review, we will discuss the molecular composition, regulation and function of plant UPS, with a major focus on how DELLA protein degradation acts as a key in gibberellin signal transduction and its implication in the regulation of plant growth.


Cell Research (2011) 21:1286-1294. doi:10.1038/cr.2011.118; published online 26 July 2011

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