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Proximity labeling to examine viral replication complexes

Q. 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

Yu 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

Ghifari 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

Zhang, 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

Huang 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

Bournonville 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

Yin, 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…

Carbon trafficking in green algae

Huang 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

Lu 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…