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The devil (and an active jasmonate hormone) is in the details

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Jasmonates are important in defending plants against pathogens and in reproductive development. New evidence resolves the stereochemistry of the bioactive jasmonate hormone and suggests a chemical mechanism for modulating levels of the bioactive molecule in plants.

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Figure 1: Comparison of the structures of (+)-iso-jasmonyl-L-isoleucine ((+)-7-iso-JA-L-Ile), (−)-jasmonyl-L-isoleucine ((−)-JA-L-Ile) and coronatine.

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  1. Mary L. Preuss & Joseph M. Jez are in the Department of Biology, Hankuil Yi, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA and the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. jjez@biology2.wustl.edu,

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Yi, H., Preuss, M. & Jez, J. The devil (and an active jasmonate hormone) is in the details. Nat Chem Biol 5, 273–274 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio0509-273

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