Recognizing Plant Cell first authors: Rosa Micol-Ponce
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesRosa Micol-Ponce, first author of Arabidopsis RIBOSOMAL RNA PROCESSING 7 is required for 18S rRNA maturation
Name: Rosa Micol-Ponce
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Biology and Geology, University of Almería, Almería, Spain.
Education: BS in Biology, University of…
A Force-Generating Machine in the Plant's Power House: A Pulling AAA ATPase Motor Drives Protein Translocation into Chloroplasts
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In BriefMost chloroplast proteins are encoded by the nuclear genome and synthesized on cytosolic ribosomes. N-terminal transit peptides serve as targeting sequences to direct precursors of chloroplast proteins to receptors on the chloroplast surface. These receptors are part of the translocase of the outer envelope,…
Inhibition of TOR, Nitrogen Assimilation, and Amino Acid Biosynthesis: Lessons from Chlamydomonas
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In BriefTo survive, organisms must sense their nutritional status (including nutrient availability and quality) and regulate their growth and metabolism accordingly. In plants, animals, and fungi, the Target of Rapamycin (TOR) kinase regulates metabolism, nutrient sensing, and growth (reviewed in Dobrenel et…
Sweet and Juicy: Identification and Origins of the Dry Alleles in Sorghum
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In BriefSorghum (Sorghum bicolor) is the fifth most important cereal crop globally and is considered to be the “camel among crops” due to its ability to flourish in low-nutrient soils and to withstand prolonged drought. Cultivated varieties are phenotypically and morphological diverse. Consequently, sorghum…
What Do YOU Want to Ask the Next Editor-in-Chief of The Plant Cell?
Blog, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: News
We have been charged by ASPB to conduct a search for the next Editor-in-Chief of The Plant Cell. Back in March of this year, we began the search process by meeting as a group to discuss potential candidates for this important role. We invited candidates and issued a call for nominations to…
Moonlighting Role of Plastidial NAD-MDH
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellSchreier et al. investigate the role of a plastid malate dehydrogenase in early chloroplast development. Plant Cell 30: 1745-1769
Background: Malate dehydrogenases (MDH) are enzymes that are widespread in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. MDH interconverts oxaloacetate and malate, using either NAD or…
Recognizing Plant Cell first authors: Junpeng Zhan
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesJunpeng Zhan, first author of Opaque-2 regulates a complex gene network associated with cell differentiation and storage function of maize endosperm
Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Education: Ph.D. in Plant Science, University of Arizona,…
Studies have found that key enzymes of plant oxalate metabolism affect corn nutrition quality
Blog, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: News(From a press release written in Chinese - original here)
On September 10th , The Plant Cell published a research paper entitled Maize Oxalyl-CoA Decarboxylase1 Degrades Oxalate and Affects the Seed Metabolome and Nutritional Quality by the Wu Yongrui Research Group of the Institute of Plant and Plant…
Recognzing Plant Cell first authors: Qian Zhang
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesQian Zhang, first author of Blue light regulates secondary cell wall thickening via MYC2/MYC4 activation of the NST1-directed transcriptional network in Arabidopsis
Current Position: PhD candidate. National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics & CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences,…