Rytz et al. investigate the selectivity of SUMOylation in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell (2018) https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00993 By Thérèse C. Rytz and Richard D. Vierstra Background: The covalent attachment of small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) to other intracellular proteins is an essential modification in plants that not only regulates growth and development, but also plays a central role in […]
Zhou et al. demonstrate that a kinase STRK1 can phosphorylate CatC to enhance rice salt toterance. The Plant Cell (2018). https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.01000 By Yan-Biao Zhou, Cong Liu, Jian-Zhong Lin and Xuan-Ming Liu Background: Salt stress can significantly affect plant growth and agricultural productivity. When plants suffer from abiotic stresses, production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) such […]
Ye et al. discover a protein that mediates phosphate translocation and is dependent on environmental phosphate supply. Plant Cell (2018). https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00845 By Qing Ye and Yi-Fang Chen Background: Phosphorus is a major essential nutrient for plant growth and development, and phosphate (Pi) is the main form of phosphorus that is absorbed by plants and translocated […]
Wei et al. Study m6A binding protein ECT2 in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell (2018). https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00934 By Lian-Huan Wei Background: N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is the most abundant chemical modification of eukaryotic messenger RNA (mRNA). The regulation of m6A modification plays important roles in plant development, but the mechanism is not completely understood. m6A is installed by the […]
Scutenaire et al. show that a YTH domain protein acts as a reader of m6A mRNA modifications, thereby playing crucial roles in trichome branching, likely by acting on mRNAs in the cytosol. Plant Cell (2018). https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00854 By J. Scutenaire and C. Bousquet-Antonelli Background: Messenger RNA (mRNA) molecules carry nongenetically encoded chemical modifications, the most abundant […]
Arribas-Hernández et al. find that the N6-methyladenosine RNA binding proteins ECT2, ECT3, and ECT4 are required for the correct timing of leaf formation and correct leaf and trichome morphogenesis. Plant Cell (2018). https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00833. By Laura Arribas-Hernández Background: Recent research has uncovered critical regulatory functions, in plants and animals, of specific chemical modifications of messenger RNA […]
Koskela and Brünje et al. identified a chloroplast protein acetyltransferase, which is required for the regulation of light harvesting in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell (2018) https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00155. by Minna M. Koskela, Annika Brünje, Iris Finkemeier, Paula Mulo Background: Plants harvest the energy of sunlight through photosynthesis and thereby enable all aerobic life on Earth. A complex photosynthetic […]
Guo et al. investigate the trade-off between seed number and seed size of rice. Plant Cell (2018) https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00959. By Tao Guo, Ke Chen, Nai-Qian Dong, Chuan-Lin Shi, Wang-Wei Ye, Ji-Ping Gao, Jun-Xiang Shan, Hong-Xuan Lin Background: Rice is one of the main staple cereal crops worldwide that feeds more than half of the global population […]
Wang et al. find that EAR1 is a general negative regulator of ABA signaling. https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00875 By Kai Wang, Jigang Li and Zhizhong Gong Background: Abscisic acid (ABA) signaling in plants controls many biological processes, such as seed germination, seedling root growth, and stomatal movement. In the current understanding of ABA signaling, PYR/PYL/RCAR ABA receptor proteins, […]