pyrabactin

English

Noun

pyrabactin (uncountable)

1. A synthetic sulfonamide, 4-bromo-N-(2-pyridinylmethyl)-1-naphthalenesulfonamide, that mimics the plant stress hormone abscisic acid.
   • 2015 July 22, “Identification of Interactions between Abscisic Acid and Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The abscisic acid ligand structure ((+)-ABA; PDB ID: A8S)) was obtained from the ABA-bound pyrabactin resistance domain of the ABA intracellular receptor (PDB ID: 3ZVU).