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Special Issue "Inhibitors of Plant Hormone Biosynthesis and Signaling"

A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 November 2021.

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Prof. Dr. Wilfried Rozhon
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Department of Agriculture, Oecotrophology and Landscape Development, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Strenzfelder Allee 28, 06406 Bernburg, Germany
Interests: plant hormones; plant nutrition; responses of primary and secondary plant metabolism to plant nutrition; orphan crops; analytical methods including HPLC, UHPLC, GC, mass spectrometry, optical spectroscopy, electrophoresis and quantitative PCR; separation and analysis of chiral molecules; enzyme assays; inhibitors
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Dear Colleagues,

Inhibitors of plant hormone biosynthesis and signaling are widely applied in agriculture and horticulture for the regulation of plant growth and development. Moreover, they are valuable tools for research. Inhibitors can be used to study developmental, physiological, and biochemical processes in different genetic backgrounds and plant species. Importantly, they are often useful to overcome functional redundancy, for instance, in polyploid species, where mutant approaches are difficult to realize. In addition, their application can be limited to a certain developmental stage, allowing transient modulation of desired processes.
The main topics of this Special Issue are the identification, synthesis, and characterization of novel inhibitors as well as improved synthesis of known compounds with special emphasis to green chemistry. Further, structure–activity relation studies for developing more active or stable compounds as well as identifying residues critical for activity are of great interest.
While for many compounds, a high activity for a certain process has been shown, information about the molecular targets and specificity are scarce. Similarly, although many inhibitors are chiral molecules, they are applied as mixtures of enantiomers, and it often remains unknown which stereoisomer shows biological activity. Thus, the identification of targets, specificity of novel and widely used compounds, and their stereochemical–activity relationship are also of main interest. That includes methods for enantiomer separation and enantioselective synthesis.
In order to exert its activity, the uptake of the compound and its transport within the plant are critical. Some compounds are also applied as prodrugs that require activation in the plant cell or tissue. In addition, many compounds interfering with plant hormone biosynthesis and signaling are modified and thus inactivated by plants.
Likewise, manuscripts about novel analytical methods for the detection of plant growth regulators in food, forage, and environmental samples are highly attractive topics for this Special Issue.
Original research articles, short communications, and reviews addressing the aforementioned or similar topics are welcome. For reviews, a brief proposal should be communicated prior to manuscript preparation to avoid overlap with other submissions.

Prof. Dr. Wilfried Rozhon
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • enzyme inhibitor
  • ligand–protein interactions
  • structure–activity relationship
  • stereochemistry
  • auxins
  • cytokinins
  • gibberellins
  • brassinosteroids
  • ethylene
  • salicylic acid
  • jasmonic acid
  • abscisic acid
  • strigolactones

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Triflumizole as a Novel Lead Compound for Strigolactone Biosynthesis Inhibitor
Molecules 2020, 25(23), 5525; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25235525 - 25 Nov 2020
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Strigolactones (SLs) are carotenoid-derived plant hormones involved in the development of various plants. SLs also stimulate seed germination of the root parasitic plants, Striga spp. and Orobanche spp., which reduce crop yield. Therefore, regulating SL biosynthesis may lessen the damage of root parasitic [...] Read more.
Strigolactones (SLs) are carotenoid-derived plant hormones involved in the development of various plants. SLs also stimulate seed germination of the root parasitic plants, Striga spp. and Orobanche spp., which reduce crop yield. Therefore, regulating SL biosynthesis may lessen the damage of root parasitic plants. Biosynthetic inhibitors effectively control biological processes by targeted regulation of biologically active compounds. In addition, biosynthetic inhibitors regulate endogenous levels in developmental stage- and tissue-specific manners. To date, although some chemicals have been found as SL biosynthesis inhibitor, these are derived from only three lead chemicals. In this study, to find a novel lead chemical for SL biosynthesis inhibitor, 27 nitrogen-containing heterocyclic derivatives were screened for inhibition of SL biosynthesis. Triflumizole most effectively reduced the levels of rice SL, 4-deoxyorobanchol (4DO), in root exudates. In addition, triflumizole inhibited endogenous 4DO biosynthesis in rice roots by inhibiting the enzymatic activity of Os900, a rice enzyme that converts the SL intermediate carlactone to 4DO. A Striga germination assay revealed that triflumizole-treated rice displayed a reduced level of germination stimulation for Striga. These results identify triflumizole as a novel lead compound for inhibition of SL biosynthesis. Full article
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Inhibitors of Brassinosteroid Biosynthesis and Signal Transduction
Molecules 2019, 24(23), 4372; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24234372 - 29 Nov 2019
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Chemical inhibitors are invaluable tools for investigating protein function in reverse genetic approaches. Their application bears many advantages over mutant generation and characterization. Inhibitors can overcome functional redundancy, their application is not limited to species for which tools of molecular genetics are available [...] Read more.
Chemical inhibitors are invaluable tools for investigating protein function in reverse genetic approaches. Their application bears many advantages over mutant generation and characterization. Inhibitors can overcome functional redundancy, their application is not limited to species for which tools of molecular genetics are available and they can be applied to specific tissues or developmental stages, making them highly convenient for addressing biological questions. The use of inhibitors has helped to elucidate hormone biosynthesis and signaling pathways and here we review compounds that were developed for the plant hormones brassinosteroids (BRs). BRs are steroids that have strong growth-promoting capacities, are crucial for all stages of plant development and participate in adaptive growth processes and stress response reactions. In the last two decades, impressive progress has been made in BR inhibitor development and application, which has been instrumental for studying BR modes of activity and identifying and characterizing key players. Both, inhibitors that target biosynthesis, such as brassinazole, and inhibitors that target signaling, such as bikinin, exist and in a comprehensive overview we summarize knowledge and methodology that enabled their design and key findings of their use. In addition, the potential of BR inhibitors for commercial application in plant production is discussed. Full article
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Planned Papers

The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.

1. Title: Paclobutrazol reduces shoot-system growth the year following application in Picea mariana seedlings

    Authors: Joanne E. MacDonald and Yuhui Weng

    Abstract: Gibberellic acids have been implicated in control of shoot growth in the Pinaceae. Earlier, we demonstrated that paclobutrazol (PBZ), an inhibitor of gibberellin biosynthesis, applied as a dormancy-induction treatment during nursery culture reduced needle-primordium number on telescoped shoots within buds of first-year Picea mariana (Mill.) BSP seedlings. In this paper, we document morphological characteristics of second-year shoot systems arising from these telescoped shoots. In summary, paclobutrazol reduced size and complexity of shoot systems compared with control.

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