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Lignin chemistry is fine-tuned on the nanoscale by different combinations of LACCASES

Blaschek et al. explore the spatial control of lignin chemistry. Leonard Blaschek1 and Edouard Pesquet1,2,3 1 Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences (DEEP), Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden 2 Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC), Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå…

MtNRT2.1 controls root nodule formation in response to the ambient nitrate concentration

Luo et al. investigate how nitrate transporters direct root nodule formation in a legume. By Zhenpeng Luo & Fang Xie CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.  Background: Nitrogen…

Noriyuki Konishi: The Plant Cell First Author

Noriyuki Konishi, first author of "Polar localization of a rice silicon transporter requires isoleucine at both C- and N-termini as well as positively charged residues" Current Position: Assistant professor, Okayama University, Japan Education: B.S. (2008-2012) and Ph.D. (2012-2017) in Graduate…

Fabin Yang: The Plant Cell First Author

Fabin Yang, co-first author of "Inhibition of SIZ1-mediated SUMOylation of HOOKLESS1 promotes light-induced apical hook opening in Arabidopsis" Current Position: Ph.D. candidate, Sichuan University Education: Master’s degree, Qufu Normal University Non-scientific Interests: Playing basketball…

Jiawei Xiong: The Plant Cell First Author

Jiawei Xiong, co-first author of "Inhibition of SIZ1-mediated SUMOylation of HOOKLESS1 promotes light-induced apical hook opening in Arabidopsis" Current Position: Ph.D. candidate, Sichuan University Education: Bachelor’s degree, Sichuan Agricultural University Non-scientific Interests: Reading…

How EXECUTER1 executes chloroplast-to-nucleus signaling in response to singlet oxygen

Li et al. identify the signaling pathway regulated by the chloroplast-localized protein EXECUTER1 in response to singlet oxygen.  Background: In response to developmental and environmental cues such as changing light intensity, plastids/chloroplasts produce and emit signals such as singlet oxygen,…

Truncated organellar C-to-U RNA editing enzyme requires active site complementation

Toma-Fukai and Sawada et al. provide insight into the activation mechanism of the DYW1-like deaminase. By Sachiko Toma-Fukai1,2 Mizuki Takenaka3 and Toshiyuki Shimizu1 1 Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan. 2 Present…

Plastid Nucleoside Kinase 1 (PNK1) phosphorylates inosine to inosine monophosphate, involving in the feedback control of purine de novo synthesis in Arabidopsis

Chen et al. identify a nucleoside kinase that is highly conserved in plants and green algae. By Xiaoguang Chen and Claus-Peter Witte. Department of Molecular Nutrition and Biochemistry of Plants, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Herrenhäuser Str. 2, 30419 Hannover, Germany. Background: Nucleotides…

Microtubule control during stomatal movement

Wang et al. investigate the function of SPR1 in ABA-induced stomatal closure By Pan Wang and Sijia Qi State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry; Department of Plant Sciences, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China Background: Drought…