SUMMARY Progestogens and androgens are steroids found in a wide range of plants, but little is known about their physiological functions. In this study, we sowed seeds of angiosperms on progestogen‐ and androgen‐containing medium and analysed their morphological effects. We further investigated the effects…
Abstract More than two centuries since the birth of the botanist Matthias Jacob Schleiden, who first described many duckweed (Lemnaceae) species, interest in these small aquatic monocots is still alive. Lemnaceae have high biomass production capacity and can be used as animal feed and in human nutrition.…
Enzymes capable of processing a variety of compounds enable plants to adapt to diverse environmental conditions. PRISEs (progesterone-5β-reductase/iridoid synthase-like enzymes), examples of such substrate-promiscuous enzymes, are involved in iridoid and cardenolide pathways and demonstrate notable substrate…
Summary Progestogens and androgens have been found in many plants, but little is known about their biosynthesis and the evolution of steroidogenesis in these organisms. Here, we show that the occurrence and biosynthesis of progestogens and androgens are conserved across the viridiplantae lineage. An…