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…
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…
Blue light, PAS/LOV photoreceptor and GDP-L-galactose phosphorylase (GGP): the Triumvirate controlling ascorbic acid biosynthesis in plants
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellBournonville et al. explore which factors control ascorbic acid biosynthesis in plants and its accumulation in fruits.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad108
Céline Bournonville, Bayer SAS, 1050 Route de Pardies, 40300 Peyrehorade, France
Kentaro Mori, Université Bordeaux, INRAE, UMR Biologie…
PRC1 shapes local and long-range interactions in the Arabidopsis genome
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellYin, Romero-Campero, Yang, et al. identify CDs in the Arabidopsis genome and investigate the role of PRC1 in 3D structure.
Xiaochang Yin1, Francisco J. Romero-Campero2 3, Minqi Yang1, Myriam Calonje2, Yue Zhou1
1State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Advanced Agricultural…
The Plant Cell Features July First Authors
Blog, Community, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesIn the month of July, we published many groundbreaking manuscripts. Behind those manuscripts are researchers, professors, professionals and students dedicated to advancing the field of plant science. You’ve seen our First Authors on Twitter and Facebook— now, read more about why they chose to pursue…
Carbon trafficking in green algae
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellHuang and Krishnan et al. investigate photoassimilate export in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
By Weichao Huang1 and Arthur Grossman2
1Current position: Faculty of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Shenzhen, China
1Previous position: Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie…
Sending out a salt-related SOS: transcriptional regulation of salt stress responses
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLu et al. explore the roles of a Mediator complex subunit and a WRKY transcription factor in regulating the salt-responsive gene SOS1.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad105
Background: Soil salinization is a major environmental hazard that severely affects plant growth and development. Plants…
Cryptophyte PSI–LHCI supercomplexes: understanding the structural diversity and evolution of PSI–LHCI in the red lineage
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellZhao, Wang, Li, et al. explore how the photosynthetic apparatus evolved in the cryptophyte Chroomonas placoidea, which is related to red algae.
Long-Sheng Zhao1 and Lu-Ning Liu2.
1State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China.
2Institute of Systems, Molecular…
The importance of being in the right place to respond to light cues
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLopez Vazquez et al explore the importance of protein sub-cellular localization by determining how a protein modulating light responses gets to the right place within the cell.
Christian Fankhauser, Centre for Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, Génopode Building, University of…