A plant receptor protein interacts in an unusual way with the hormone it binds. The receptor cleaves the hormone, a fragment of which then binds covalently to the receptor and triggers a major receptor shape change. See Letter p.469
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Snowden, K., Janssen, B. Signal locked in. Nature 536, 402–404 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature19418
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