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Biochemical and Physiological Aspects of Gibberellin Conjugation

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Gibberellins

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Conjugation represents part of the metabolism of all groups of plant hormones. The process of conjugation is characterized by coupling of a plant hormone molecule to another low-molecular-weight component by covalent binding.1,2 Contrary to biosynthetic and other metabolic pathways, conjugation does not exclude reversibility. Plant hormone conjugates differ from the corresponding free hormones with respect to their physical, chemical, and biological properties.3 Though the physiological role of conjugation is not fully understood, it is considered to be involved in the regulation of the biologically active hormone levels as well as in transport and even compartmentation within the cell.

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  1. Department of Agricultural Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan

    Nobutaka Takahashi

  2. Department of Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue, 90024, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Bernard O. Phinney

  3. School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock’s Close, BS8 1TS, Bristol, England

    Jake MacMillan

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Sembdner, G., Schliemann, W., Schneider, G. (1991). Biochemical and Physiological Aspects of Gibberellin Conjugation. In: Takahashi, N., Phinney, B.O., MacMillan, J. (eds) Gibberellins. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3002-1_24

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