Nuclear pore Y-complex and regulation of FLOWERING LOCUS C in Arabidopsis
Huang et al. explore the functions of the nuclear pore complex in regulating the expression of FLOWERING LOCUS C in plants.
Penghui Huang1,2†, Xiaomei Zhang2†, Zhiyuan Cheng3†
1 Research Institute of Intelligent Computing, Zhejiang Lab, Hangzhou 310012, China
2 MARA Key Laboratory of…
Casparian strip formation at root endodermal and non-endodermal cell layers in rice
Zhang et al. investigate the role of the OsCIF1/2–OsSGN3a/b signaling pathway in Casparian strip formation in rice.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad269
By Jixing Xia, of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, China.
Background: The Casparian strip (CS) is a belt-like lignin-based…
The Plant Cell in a Nutshell: H2O2 negatively regulates aluminum resistance
Wei et al. show how hydrogen peroxide affects aluminum tolerance via its effects on the transcription factor SENSITIVE TO PROTON RHIZOTOXICITY 1 in Arabidopsis thaliana.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad281
By X. Wei, Y.F. Zhu, W.X. Xie, W.W. Ren, Y. Zhang, H. Zhang, S.J. Dai, and C.-F. Huang
Background:…
Pollen beats the heat with thermostable actin-depolymerizing factors
Qian et al. investigate how the evolution of the thermostability of actin-depolymerizing factors enhances the adaptation of pollen germination to high temperature. The Plant Cell (2023).
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad280
By Qian D., Li T., Chen S., Wan D., He Y., Zheng C., Li J., Sun Z.,…
Semi-annotated metabolomics facilitates specialized metabolic gene and pathway elucidation
Anting Zhu et al. establish an approach to identify metabolites and their corresponding genes and pathways in wheat.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad286
By A. Zhu, M. Liu, Z. Tian, W. Liu, W. Chen et al. National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Center of Plant Gene…
Photorespiration: Wasteful or useful?
Rosa-Téllez et al. explore the role of glycine flux regulation by photorespiration in maintaining nitrogen, carbon, and sulfur balance in plants.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad256
Sara Rosa-Téllez, Andrea Alcántara-Enguídanos and Roc Ros Palau.
Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina…
From cell layers to complex petal shapes
Chopy et al. investigate the layer-specific contribution of the petunia homolog of DEFICIENS (PhDEF) in petal tube and limb development.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad258
Background: Petals are not only beautiful, but they are also very important floral organs that have co-evolved with different…
Strategy-I plants exploit the distinct chemical activities of coumarins to maximize Fe acquisition
Paffrath et al. explore the main physiological roles of coumarins released in response to iron deficiency under different environmental pHs.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad279
By Ricardo F. H. Giehl, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics & Crop Plant Research (IPK), Germany.
Background:…
One gene for taller, stiffer and high-yield rice
Wang et al. reveal that MYB110 serves as a phosphate-dependent negative regulator of plant height that could be manipulated to boost lodging resistance and yield.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad268
Tingting Wang,1 Ming Yan,2 Mian Gu,1 Guohua Xu1
1 National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics…