Recognizing Plant Direct authors: James Patrick Santiago
Plant Direct, Plant Direct: Author ProfilesJames Patrick Santiago, first author of Phaseolus vulgaris SUT1.1 is a high affinity sucrose-proton co-transporter
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate at Plant Resilience Institute and Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University (USA)
Education:
B.S. Agriculture – University…
Back to where it came from: chloroplast expression of both Rubisco subunits helps functional enzyme analysis
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In BriefRubisco catalyzes the key carboxylation step in photosynthetic CO2 fixation and is probably the most abundant protein on Earth. The enzyme is famous for inefficient catalysis and the habit of binding oxygen instead of CO2 in one out of every four binding events, leading to photorespiration reactions…
Trapped In the Rhizosheath: Root-Bacterial Interactions Modulate Ethylene Signaling
Blog, Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: News and Views, ResearchAuthor: Sjon Hartman 1,2
ORCID: 0000-0002-6709-6436
1 Plant Ecophysiology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2 Corresponding author contact: [email protected]
Even moderate droughts can greatly limit plant performance…
Rhythms in the dark: how endosperm responds to daylight cycles
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLi et al. discover a diurnal pattern in sucrose content in developing maize endosperm that relies on the action of an E3 ubiquitin ligase on the master regulator transcription factor Opaque2. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00352
By Chaobin Li, Zeyang Ma, Rentao Song, China Agricultural…
Recognizing Plant Cell authors: Yang Yang
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesYang Yang, co-first author of The Tip-localized Phosphatidylserine Established by Arabidopsis ALA3 is Crucial for Rab GTPase-mediated Vesicle Trafficking and Pollen Tube Growth
Current Position: Ph.D. candidate.
Education: MOE Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life…
Recognizing Plant Cell authors: Yuelong Zhou
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesYuelong Zhou, co-first author of The Tip-localized Phosphatidylserine Established by Arabidopsis ALA3 is Crucial for Rab GTPase-mediated Vesicle Trafficking and Pollen Tube Growth
Current Position: Ph.D. candidate
Education: MOE Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of…
Recognizing Plant Direct authors: Carla S. Santos
Plant Direct, Plant Direct: Author ProfilesCarla S. Santos, first author of A combined physiological and biophysical approach to understand the ligand-dependent efficiency of 3-hydroxy-4-pyridinone Fe-chelates
Current Position: Post-Doctoral Researcher at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, CBQF - Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina – Laboratório…
Review: Extending Plant Defense Theory to Seeds (Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst.) ($)
Plant Science Research WeeklyPlants have developed multiple mechanisms to deal with the natural enemies they encounter through their life. In consequence, the Plant Defense Theory has arisen to assess how plants allocate resources to this purpose. However, much of the efforts in this matter has revolved around the defense that occurs…
A protein engineering approach for elucidating receptor protein signaling function (Plant Cell)
Plant Science Research WeeklyPlant cells express an array of membrane-bound receptor proteins that recognize and respond to extracellular cues. However, their varied structure/specificity and methods of activation pose challenges in assessing their function. Focusing on Leucine-Rich Repeat Receptor Kinases (LRR-RKs), Hohmann et…