Progesterone: Its occurrence in plants and involvement in plant growth

• Published in: Phytochemistry (Oxford) Vol. 68; no. 12; pp. 1664 - 1673
• Main Authors: Iino, Mayumi, Nomura, Takahito, Tamaki, Yuji, Yamada, Yumiko, Yoneyama, Koichi, Takeuchi, Yasutomo, Mori, Masaki, Asami, Tadao, Nakano, Takeshi, Yokota, Takao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2007; Elsevier
• Subjects: Amino Acid Sequence; amino acid sequences; Arabidopsis; Arabidopsis - genetics; Arabidopsis - growth & development; Arabidopsis - metabolism; Arabidopsis Proteins; Arabidopsis Proteins - chemistry; Arabidopsis Proteins - genetics; Arabidopsis Proteins - physiology; Arabidopsis thaliana; Biological and medical sciences; Carrier Proteins; Carrier Proteins - chemistry; Carrier Proteins - genetics; Carrier Proteins - physiology; Chemical constitution; chemistry; Cloning, Molecular; Conserved Sequence; Cruciferae; drug effects; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; gene expression regulation; genetics; Gramineae; growth & development; Leguminosae; Membrane steroid binding protein; Metabolism; Metabolism. Physicochemical requirements; molecular cloning; Molecular Sequence Data; Occurrence of progesterone; Oryza; Oryza - genetics; Oryza - metabolism; Oryza sativa; peas; pharmacology; Phylogeny; physiology; Pisum sativum; plant biochemistry; plant growth; Plant Growth Regulators; Plant Growth Regulators - metabolism; Plant Growth Regulators - pharmacology; Plant Growth Regulators - physiology; Plant physiology and development; plant proteins; Plant Proteins - chemistry; Plant Proteins - genetics; Plant Proteins - physiology; progesterone; Progesterone - chemistry; Progesterone - pharmacology; Progesterone - physiology; Progesterone-binding protein; rice; seedling growth; Seedlings; Seedlings - drug effects; Seedlings - growth & development; Seedlings - metabolism; Sequence Alignment; Steroid; vegetative growth; Arabidopsis thaliana; Steroid; Oryza sativa; Occurrence of progesterone; Leguminosae; Progesterone-binding protein; Cruciferae; Gramineae; Pisum sativum; Membrane steroid binding protein; Plant tissue; Monocotyledones; Oryza saliva; Growth; Gibberellin; Seedlings; Binding protein; Gene; Dicotyledones; Light; Angiospermae; Spermatophyta; Mutation; Progesterone

Progesterone was identified from a variety of plants, while several genes encoding putative progesterone-binding proteins were found to be expressed in various tissues of Arabidopsis thaliana and rice. Furthermore, progesterone affected plant growth in some biological systems. These findings suggest...