The emerging Hippo signaling pathway in plants.

How the organ size is determined is a fundamental question in developmental biology. The metazoan Hippo signaling pathway is well established to negatively regulate organ sizes. Recent studies in plants have started to shape an emerging Hippo signaling pathway. In this review, we summarize the studies in the past decade on the two known components of plant Hippo signaling pathway, the Ste20/Hippo homolog SIK1, and the MOB1/Mats homolog MOB1, with a focus on their developmental functions. Then we envision future discoveries that may shape a complete Hippo signaling pathway in plants.