Regulatory feedback mechanisms in rice crown root development
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellGeng et al. reveal a feedback system that orchestrates the expression of genes controlling crown root development in rice (Oryza sativa) and uncover a molecular rheostat of this system.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad318
By Leping Geng and Yu Zhao
National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic…
Cell wall-loosening agents control fruit softening in tomato
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellSu et al. identify two cell wall-loosening agents that synergistically regulate tomato fruit softening.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad291
By Guanqing Su1, Yanna Shi1, 2, 3
1College of Agriculture & Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou 310058, China
2Zhejiang…
A key player in glutamate export from Arabidopsis chloroplasts
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellThe et al. identified a chloroplast glutamate exporter in Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Cell (2023).
By Samantha The and Mechthild Tegeder, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164, USA
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad310
Background: Plants produce…
MdBPC2 regulates apple growth
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellZhao et al. discovered that MdYUC2a and MdYUC6b are targets of H3K27me3 modification mediated by MdBPC2-MdLHP1, which regulates auxin biosynthesis during apple growth.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad297
Haiyan Zhao, Shuyuan Wan, Yanni Huang, Xiaoqiang Li, Tiantian Jiao, Zhijun Zhang, Baiquan…
Examination of the plant cytokinesis machinery reveals the rules of cellular asymmetry
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellSchmidt-Marcec, Parish and colleagues characterize members of the MACERATOR (MACET) family of proteins in the context of cell division.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad304
By Sharol Schmidt-Marcec, Alyssa Parish, Tetyana Smertenko, Matthew Hickey, Bernard M.A.G. Piette, Andrei Smertenko
Institute…
Mechanisms underlying transposable element load variation in Arabidopsis
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellJiang et al. explore the mechanisms underlying transposable element load variation in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad296
By Juan Jiang (Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences) and Ya-Long Guo (Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Background:…
Thermoprotection by a metacaspase
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellZhou et al. examine the fundamental functions of metacaspases in the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad289
By Yong Zou, Adrian N. Dauphinee, Simon Stael and Peter V. Bozhkov
Department of Molecular Sciences, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University…
Things to do before you die: The bucket list of a plant cell
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellWang, Bollier, Buono, et al. catalog the cellular processes that occur during programmed cell death in plants.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad308
Jie Wang, Tobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, China
Moritz K. Nowack, VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems…
TaGW2 regulates drought tolerance in wheat
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLi, Zhang, Liu et al. demonstrate that the E3 ligase TaGW2 enhances wheat drought tolerance by promoting the degradation of the transcription factor TaARR12.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad307
By Shumin Li, Zhensheng Kang and Hude Mao
State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid…