Wang, Yuan, et al. explore the regulatory connection between phosphorus nutrient homeostasis and vegetative-reproductive development in maize. Background: Phosphorus is an essential macronutrient for plant growth and development. To cope with phosphorus limitation, plants have evolved sophisticated strategies to coordinate phosphorus acquisition, scavenging and recycling. Maize is an important crop and cultivated widely for both […]
Wei et al. discover a new transcriptional and post-translational regulatory module, MaBAH1-MaMYB60, that regulates chlorophyll catabolism and green ripening in bananas under high temperature. By Wei Wei, Yingying Yang, Prakash Lakshmanan, Jianfei Kuang, Wangjin Lu, Xuequn Pang, Jianye Chen and Wei Shan Background: Bananas are harvested at the mature-green stage and transported to wholesale markets, […]
Bi, Shrestha, Zhang et al. elucidate mechanisms of sugar-dependent growth regulation. Yang Bi, Zhi-Yong Wang Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA, USA Background: Extensive studies in animals have shown that the O-linked N-acetyl-glucosamine (O-GlcNAc) posttranslational modification of thousands of nucleocytoplasmic proteins, catalyzed by O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT), plays essential roles as a […]
Dvořák Tomaštíková et al. study the role of SMC5/6 complex in repair of toxic DNA protein crosslinks in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell (2023). By Pecinka Ales and Eva Dvořák Tomaštíková Background: Cellular DNA is constantly damaged by various internal and external factors that eventually lead to mutations, reduced growth or even death. To ensure genome […]
Hoang et al. examine the Gynandropsis gynandra genome to provide insight into genome evolution and the emergence of C4 photosynthesis in a sister family to the Brassicaceae. Background: The Cleomaceae is the sister family to the Brassicaceae (including the model species Arabidopsis and Brassica crops). The Cleomaceae contains species with different types of photosynthesis, […]
Fu et al. examine how salt stress affects sugar metabolism via the reactive oxygen species hydrogen peroxide. Zheng-Wei Fu (State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China) Background: Soil salinization is a serious environmental threat to global agriculture. High salinity results in osmotic stress, […]
Nguyen and Nakamura reveal that a crucial reaction step of endoplasmic reticulum-localized glycerolipid biosynthesis mediated by phosphatidic acid phosphatase requires both chloroplast- and ER-localized enzymes, representing the importance of inter-organelle communication in membrane lipid homeostasis. By Van C Nguyen and Yuki Nakamura RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Japan & Institute of Plant and Microbial […]
Zhou et al. explore how microtubules and microtubule-associated proteins interact in hypocotyl elongation at high temperature. By Dingding Zhou, Xiaohong Wang, Xiangfeng Wang, and Tonglin Mao China Agricultural University Background: During growth responses to high ambient temperature (thermomorphogenesis), hypocotyl cell elongation increases, helping the plant to stay cool and avoid heat flux. The transcription factor […]
Wu et al. investigate tapetum differentiation in Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Cell (2023). By Yue Lou Background: The tapetum is the innermost layer of the four cell-layered anther wall. In Arabidopsis, the tapetum undergoes cell differentiation and transitions into secretory cells. Most nutrients for microspores and/or developing pollen grains are produced by, stored in, and […]