A high-five for high light protection
Blog, Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: News and Views, ResearchKasper van Gelderen
Utrecht University
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Plants cannot live without light, but they also cannot live with too much light. Beyond a certain threshold, a high light intensity will damage the photosynthetic apparatus directly. Furthermore, high light leads to the production of reactive…
SUMOylation and the Regulation of Aluminum Resistance
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellFang and Zhang et al. show that SUMOylation and deSUMOylation regulate the stability of a transcription factor, thereby influencing aluminum resistance in Arabidopsis. Descriptive paragraph. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00687
Background: Aluminum (Al) is a primary constraint for crop…
LACCASE8: An Important Component of a Gene Toolkit for Engineering C-lignin in Crops
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellWang et al. uncover the role of Laccase8 from the model system Cleome hassleriana in initiating C-lignin polymerization. The Plant Cell (2020) https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00598
By Xin Wanga,b,, Chunliu Zhuoa,c, and Richard A. Dixona
aUniversity of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle #311428,…
MaXB3 Limits Ethylene Production and Ripening of Banana Fruits
Blog, Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: News and Views, ResearchAuthor: Sjon Hartman
ORCID: 0000-0002-6709-6436
Plant Ecophysiology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Ripening of climacteric fruits such as banana (Musa acuminata), tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), and…
On how to build a larger and healthier Arabidopsis ROSette using a mitochondrial protein (spoiler: reactive oxygen species)
Blog, Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: News and Views, ResearchJavier Edgardo Moreno
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-9763-5325
Twitter: @JaviMorenoOK
Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (UNL-Conicet), Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral
Santa Fe 3000, Argentina
Cellular respiration is at the core…
Persulfidation of ATG4 negatively regulates autophagy
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellAna M. Laureano-Marín, Ángeles Aroca, et al. explore the role of persulfidation in the regulation of autophagy. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00766
by Cecilia Gotor, Ana M. Laureano-Marín, Ángeles Aroca
Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones…
Callose deposition during pollen development
Blog, Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: News and Views, ResearchMadeleine Seale
University of Oxford
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Callose is a cell wall component that is dynamically deposited and degraded during pollen development. Thanks to a new paper investigating pollen formation in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum), we now know that a pollen-specific protein…
Zones of Defense? SA Receptors Have it Under Control
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In BriefThe constant evolutionary arms race with pathogens has equipped plants with a layered immune system. As the first line of defense, membrane-localized pattern recognition receptors perceive microbe-associated molecular patterns and activate pattern-triggered immunity (PTI). In parallel, R proteins –…
Plant Physiology welcomes 16 new Assistant Features Editors
Blog, Plant Physiology: Editorials, Pubs PagesAt the beginning of 2018, Plant Physiology initiated a program to introduce several promising early-career scientists to the editorial board and engage their expertise in assessing and writing about research published in the journal. Over the past three years, these scientists brought their passion for…