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. 2020 Dec 14;105(2):542–557. doi: 10.1111/tpj.15096

Table 1.

Biosensors for plant hormones

Analyte Biosensor Sensor type Range of ligand concentrations applied endogenously or exogenously Reference
ABA 6xABRE Transcriptional approx. 1–25 µm (Wu et al., 2018)
ABACUS FRET based approx. 2–80 µm (Jones et al., 2014)
ABAleon2.1 FRET based approx. 100 nm (Waadt et al., 2014)
ABAleon2.15 FRET based approx. 100 nm (Waadt et al., 2014)
ABAleonSD1‐3L21 FRET based approx. 100 nm (Waadt et al., 2020)
SNACS FRET based 20 µm ABA (exogenous) (Zhang et al., 2020)
Auxin DR5:reporter Transcriptional 10–1000 nm (DR5) (Ulmasov et al., 1997; Liao et al., 2015)
3–1000 nm (DR5v2)
pIAAmotif Transcriptional 10 nm –1 µm 2,4‐D (exogenous) (Lieberman‐Lazarovich et al., 2019)
DII‐VENUS Degron based 1–1000 nm (Brunoud et al., 2012)
R2D2 Degron based 1 µm IAA (exogenous) (Liao et al., 2015)
L2min17‐Luc Degron based 10–1000 nm (Wend et al., 2013)
AuxSen FRET based 5–50 µm (Herud‐Sikimic et al., 2020)
Brassinosteroid BZR1‐YFP Transcriptional 100 µm brassinolide (exogenous) (Chaiwanon and Wang, 2015)
Cytokinin ARR5 Transcriptional 10–1000 nm (D'Agostino et al., 2000; Romanov et al., 2002)
TCS Transcriptional 1–1000 nm (Müller & Sheen, 2007)
TCSn Transcriptional 1–1000 nm (Zürcher et al., 2013)
Ethylene EIN3‐GFP Degron based 50 µm ACC (exogenous) (Guo and Ecker, 2003)
EIL1‐GFP Degron based 100 µm ACC (exogenous) (An et al., 2010)
FP‐EBF 3’UTR Translational 10 µm ACC (exogenous) (Merchante et al., 2015)
FP‐6x EPU Translational 10 µm ACC (exogenous) (Li et al., 2015)
EBS:GUS Transcriptional 10 µM ACC (exogeneous) (Stepanova et al., 2007)
AEP Artificial metalozyme 100 µM ACC (exogenous) (Vong et al., 2019)
Gibberellin GFP‐RGA Degron based 100 µM GA3 (exogenous) (Silverstone et al., 2001)
GPS1 FRET based 0.03–1 µM GA1 (Rizza et al., 2017)
0.1–2 µM GA3
0.005–0.2 µM GA4
Jasmonic acid Jas9‐Venus Degron based 50 nm−10 µM coronatine (Larrieu et al., 2015)
JAI3‐FP Degron based 50 µM jasmonate (exogenous) (Chini et al., 2007)
Karrikin DLK2:LUC Transcriptional 1 µM < KAR1 (exogenous) (Sun et al., 2016)
10 nm < KAR2 (exogenous)
pRATIO‐SMAX1 Degron based approx. 200 nm KAR1 (exogenous) (Khosla et al., 2020)
Salicylic acid NPR1‐FP Transcriptional 0.5 mM INA (exogenous) (Mou et al., 2003)
Strigolactone D53‐GFP Degron based 5 µM rac‐GR24 (exogeneous) (Zhou et al., 2013)
SMXL6‐YFP Degron based 5 µM rac‐GR24 (exogeneous) (Bennett et al., 2016)
SMXL7‐YFP Degron based 5 µM rac‐GR24 (exogeneous) (Liang et al., 2016)
StrigoQuant Degron based 10 pM–1 nm (Samodelov et al., 2016)
rDAD2cpGFP cpFP based 50–500 nm rec‐GR24 (exogenous) (Chesterfield et al., 2020)
rShHTL7cpGFP cpFP based approx. 10–100 nm rec‐GR24 (exogenous) (Chesterfield et al., 2020)