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Hereditas(Beijing) ›› 2017, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (7): 568-575.doi: 10.16288/j.yczz.17-067

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The emerging Hippo signaling pathway in plants

Pingping Zhang(),Xin Tong,Tianle Zhang,Zichen Li,Qingqiu Gong()   

  1. Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
  • Received:2017-02-28 Revised:2017-04-28 Online:2017-07-20 Published:2017-05-08
  • Supported by:
    the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31671419);the Fundamental Research Funds of the Central Universities(63161201)

Abstract:

How the organ size is determined is a fundamental question in developmental biology. The metazoan Hippo signaling pathway is well established to negatively regulate organ sizes. Recent studies in plants have started to shape an emerging Hippo signaling pathway. In this review, we summarize the studies in the past decade on the two known components of plant Hippo signaling pathway, the Ste20/Hippo homolog SIK1, and the MOB1/Mats homolog MOB1, with a focus on their developmental functions. Then we envision future discoveries that may shape a complete Hippo signaling pathway in plants.

Key words: Hippo signaling pathway, serine/threonine kinase 1 (SIK1), MOB1, organ size, cell division, cell expansion