Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Jinghong Zhang
Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: Author ProfilesJinghong Zhang, first author of The PPR-SMR protein ATP4 is required for editing the chloroplast rps8 mRNA in rice and maize
Current Position: Ph. D. candidate, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, China
Education: Ph. D. in Huazhong Agricultural…
True Blue: How Cry1 Inhibits Phototropism in Green Seedlings
Blog, Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: News and Views, ResearchKasper van Gelderen
Plant Ecophysiology, Dept. of Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8 3584CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
The study of plant movement towards light, also called phototropism, has a venerable history with giants such as Charles Darwin and Frits Went involved in its study, which…
Together at last: The UPR and HSR
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLi et al. identify a link between the unfolded protein response and the heat shock response.
Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00260
By Zhaoxia Li and Stephen Howell
Plant Sciences Institute, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa USA
Background: In the face of climate change, heat…
Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: César Bernat-Silvestre
Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: Author ProfilesCésar Bernat-Silvestre, first author of p24 family proteins are involved in transport to the plasma membrane of GPI-anchored proteins in plants
Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher, ERI BIOTECMED, University of Valencia
Education: BSc in Pharmacy at the University of Valencia, Spain; PhD in…
Recognizing Plant Cell authors: Fen Liu
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesDr. Fen Liu, first author of AUTOPHAGY-RELATED14 And Its Associated Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Complex Promotes Autophagy In Arabidopsis
Current Position: Research scientist at Lushan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China
Education: PhD South China Botanical Garden,…
Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Yang Yang
Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: Author ProfilesYang Yang, first author of Cytidine-to-Uridine RNA editing factor NbMORF8 negatively regulates plant immunity to Phytophthora pathogens
Current Position: PhD student, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China. Supervisor: Prof. Weixing Shan
Education: 2013-2017, Bachelor…
Review: Dry architecture: towards the understanding of the variation of longevity in desiccation- tolerant germplasm ($) (Seed Sci. Res.)
Plant Science Research WeeklyMost seeds, pollen grains, and fern spores are desiccation-tolerant, meaning they remain viable after drying to low water contents. Given this property, they can be stored in cold and dry conditions and potentially remain alive for several years. However, there is increasing evidence that seed longevity…
Review: Biomolecular condensates in photosynthesis and metabolism ($) (Curr. Opin. Plant Biol.)
Plant Science Research WeeklyBiomolecular condensates are membraneless organelles with the capacity to spatially concentrate biomolecules. Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) is one mechanism of condensate formation in which demixing of macromolecules leads to separation into dense and light phases. Photosynthetic organisms like…
Small subunits can determine enzyme kinetics of tobacco Rubisco expressed in Escherichia coli (Nature Plants)
Plant Science Research Weekly
Rubisco is the enzyme responsible for the fixation of CO2 to ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP) during photosynthetic reactions. However, this enzyme has some functional issues, such as a slow catalytic turnover rate and sensitivity to temperature and CO2, and it catalyzes a competing oxygenation process…