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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2025

Functions and Synthesis of Abscisic Acid (ABA) in Humans-Insights from Computational Approaches.

Houda El-Maslahi, Ilona Turek, Chuyun Bi, Aloysius Wong, Oren Tzfadia, Helen Irving, Chris Gehring

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Abscisic acid binds to anFrontiers in plant science · 2026
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7 authors.

Houda El-MaslahiDepartment of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, 06121 Perugia, Italy.
Ilona TurekAustralian Centre for Disease Preparedness, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, East Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6457-7456
Chuyun BiDepartment of Biology, College of Science, Mathematics and Technology, Wenzhou-Kean University, Wenzhou 325060, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6822-7274
Aloysius WongDepartment of Biology, College of Science, Mathematics and Technology, Wenzhou-Kean University, Wenzhou 325060, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9105-5845
Oren TzfadiaInstitute of Tropical Medicine, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-7096-8063
Helen IrvingHolsworth Biomedical Research Center, Department of Rural Clinical Sciences, La Trobe University, Bendigo, VIC 3552, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1514-0909
Chris GehringDepartment of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, 06121 Perugia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4355-4591

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Abscisic acid (ABA) is a "classical" plant hormone and is key to many plant responses, notably seed germination, transpiration and defence. It is becoming increasingly clear that ABA acts not just through the canonical PYL/PYR/RCAR receptors but also through other proteins that can interact specifically with ABA. Here we use genomic and transcriptomic resources to show that the human proteome also contains proteins with specific ABA-binding signatures and that some of these potential ABA-binding proteins may have roles in cancer and diabetes. In addition, there is evidence for the presence of ABA in humans; however, the source of it remains somewhat inconclusive. Here we propose an ABA synthesis pathway that, much like in fungi, does not include carotenoids but proceeds via farnesyl pyrophosphate. In summary, we review the current status of ABA research in

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