Adipocytes

How do they work? Major components of the perception and signalling pathway have already been revealed. These include an a/ hydrolase as receptor and a complex of players including a DELLA protein and an F-Box protein. In shoots, a protein named D53 has been shown to be targeted for degradation in the presence of strigolactones and this degradation is required for branch inhibition. The downstream targets are not yet proven, but are likely to differ for different processes. Strigolactone deficiency is often associated with enhanced auxin transport. For shoots, there is ongoing debate about relative roles of auxin transport and the direct action of strigolactones on other pathways such as through Teosinte Branched-1 (TB1; other names BRC1 and FC1). An enhancer of TB1 gene expression was identified as the main cause of decreased tillering and enhanced yield in domesticated maize compared with its wild progenitor, teosinte.