Florigen sequestering in cell membranes modulates temperature-responsive flowering

A team of researchers from Korea University, Sogang University and the National University of Singapore has found that the protein florigen binds to a membrane phosopholipid when temperatures are low and unbinds when temperatures rise, allowing flowering in a plant. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group describes their study of the flowering process in plants. Yvon Jaillais and François Parc with Université de Lyon, ENS de Lyon and Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, respectively, have published a Perspective piece in the same journal issue outlining work toward better understand flowering times in plants and the work done by the team on this new effort.