Sending out an SOS: Interplay between salt stress and light signaling
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellMa, Han, et al. explore the molecular mechanism underlying the interplay between light and salt stress pathways.
Background: The Salt Overly Sensitive (SOS) pathway is evolutionarily conserved and essential for plant adaptation to salt stress. The protein kinase SOS2 functions as a network hub in…
SOS and SAS: The interaction of shade avoidance and salt tolerance responses
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellHan, Ma, et al. reveal the mechanistic connection between shade avoidance responses and salt-induced responses.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad119
Background: Sun-loving plants compete with their neighbors for sunlight by initiating shade avoidance syndrome (SAS). Phytochromes are plant photoreceptors…
CYCLOIDEA-like genes control multiple floral traits
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellYang, Wang, Liu, et al. reveal that CYCLOIDEA-like genes control the genetic correlation of floral symmetry, floral orientation, and nectar guide patterns.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad115
By Xia Yang1,2 and Yin-Zheng Wang1,2,3
Institutions:
1 State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary…
Proximity labeling to examine viral replication complexes
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellQ. Zhang, Z. Wen, and X. Zhang, et al. use proximity labeling with the TurboID system to identify proteins that are important for replication in plant viruses.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad146
Yongliang Zhang1, Xiaofeng Wang2
1 State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience and…
NAC-CYP Mediates Soybean Nodule Senescence
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellYu et al. show that activation of the expression of cysteine protease genes by GmNAC039 and GmNAC018 is required for soybean nodule senescence The Plant Cell (2023).
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad129
By H Yu and Y Cao
Background: Soybean (Glycine max) roots have nodules in which symbiotic…
Turnover of Complex I is regulated by FTSH3 that recognises the PSST subunit
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellGhifari et al. explore the mechanisms of Complex I disassembly and turnover.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad128
Abi S. Ghifari and Monika W Murcha
School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia
Background: Oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) is the central process of…
Enhanced discovery of plant RNA-binding proteins
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellZhang, Zu, et al. develop a method to identify RNA-binding proteins that bind poly(A) and non-poly(A) RNAs.
Yong Zhang and Devinder Sandhu; University of California Riverside and US Salinity Laboratory (USDA-ARS), Riverside, CA, USA
Background: RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) are important for controlling…
Plant Physiology Focus Issue Webinar: Plant Cell Polarity Sept 25, 2023
Blog, Education, Plant Physiology, Plantae Webinars, WebinarsPlant Physiology Webinar: Plant Cell Polarity
Celebrating the September 2023 Focus Issue on Plant Cell Polarity
Recorded Monday, September 25, 2023
About This Webinar
Plant cell polarity plays a pivotal role in the fundamental processes that dictate plant growth, development, and adaptation.…
The catalytic domain of cellulose synthase: More than just cellulose biosynthesis
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellHuang et al. demonstrate that the conserved catalytic domain of cellulose synthase 6 (CESA6) is involved in trafficking, protein dynamics, and complex formation. The Plant Cell (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad110
Lei Huang,1,2 Weiwei Zhang,1,3 Xiaohui Li,1,2 and Christopher J. Staiger1,2,3
1Department…