Entries by Plant Cell

Nuclear pore Y-complex and regulation of FLOWERING LOCUS C in Arabidopsis

Huang et al. explore the functions of the nuclear pore complex in regulating the expression of FLOWERING LOCUS C in plants.  Penghui Huang1,2†, Xiaomei Zhang2†, Zhiyuan Cheng3† 1 Research Institute of Intelligent Computing, Zhejiang Lab, Hangzhou 310012, China 2 MARA Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology (Beijing), State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Breeding, […]

Casparian strip formation at root endodermal and non-endodermal cell layers in rice

Zhang et al. investigate the role of the OsCIF1/2–OsSGN3a/b signaling pathway in Casparian strip formation in rice. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad269 By Jixing Xia, of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, China. Background: The Casparian strip (CS) is a belt-like lignin-based structure in the anticlinal cell wall encircling neighboring endodermal cells that seals the extracellular space in vascular […]

The Plant Cell in a Nutshell: H2O2 negatively regulates aluminum resistance

Wei et al. show how hydrogen peroxide affects aluminum tolerance via its effects on the transcription factor SENSITIVE TO PROTON RHIZOTOXICITY 1 in Arabidopsis thaliana. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad281 By X. Wei, Y.F. Zhu, W.X. Xie, W.W. Ren, Y. Zhang, H. Zhang, S.J. Dai, and C.-F. Huang Background: Aluminum (Al) toxicity limits crop production on acid soils. The […]

Semi-annotated metabolomics facilitates specialized metabolic gene and pathway elucidation

Anting Zhu et al. establish an approach to identify metabolites and their corresponding genes and pathways in wheat. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad286 By A. Zhu, M. Liu, Z. Tian, W. Liu, W. Chen et al.  National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Center of Plant Gene Research, Huazhong Agricultural University. Background: Plants produce many metabolites that regulate their biological […]

Photorespiration: Wasteful or useful?

Rosa-Téllez et al. explore the role of glycine flux regulation by photorespiration in maintaining nitrogen, carbon, and sulfur balance in plants.  https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad256 Sara Rosa-Téllez, Andrea Alcántara-Enguídanos and Roc Ros Palau. Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina (BIOTECMED). Departament de Biología Vegetal. Universitat de València. 46100 Burjassot, Spain. Background: Photorespiration, in which Rubisco adds oxygen to ribulose […]

From cell layers to complex petal shapes

Chopy et al. investigate the layer-specific contribution of the petunia homolog of DEFICIENS (PhDEF) in petal tube and limb development.  https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad258 Background: Petals are not only beautiful, but they are also very important floral organs that have co-evolved with different animal visitors to ensure pollination. This long co-evolution produced many complex petal shapes. In the […]

Strategy-I plants exploit the distinct chemical activities of coumarins to maximize Fe acquisition

Paffrath et al. explore the main physiological roles of coumarins released in response to iron deficiency under different environmental pHs.   https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad279 By Ricardo F. H. Giehl, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics & Crop Plant Research (IPK), Germany.  Background: Although iron (Fe) is abundant in the Earth’s crust, the availability of this micronutrient to plants is […]

The Membrane-bound Transcription Factor GmNTL1 Promotes Salt Tolerance in Soybean

Zhang et al. identified a membrane-bound NAC transcription factor GmNTL that can be oxidized and released from the endoplasmic reticulum to the nucleus, thereby regulating downstream target genes to promote salt tolerance in soybean. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad250 Wenxiao Zhang, Wenjiao Zhi, Hong Qiao, Jingjing Huang, Shuo Li, Qing Lu , Nan Wang, Qiang Li, Qian […]