Rooting in salt: It’s not all about auxin
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellYanxia Zhang1,2
1 Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands
2 College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, China
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad317
Background: Soil salinity causes crop yield losses world-wide. Adjusting plant…
A phosphorylation module regulates soybean basal immunity
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellZhang et al. identify a signaling cascade mediating soybean cyst nematode resistance.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koae008
By Lei Zhang and Xiaoli Guo, National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University
Background:…
An actin nucleation factor in plants
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellKong et al. explore how phototropins regulate actin filaments associated with chloroplasts and unveil CHUP1 as a type of actin nucleator.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad320
Sam-Geun Kong
Kongju National University, Gongju Korea
Background: Chloroplasts dynamically adjust their intracellular…
A DNA methylation reader complex regulates rRNA gene expression
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellRen, Gou, Zhuo, Chen et al. revealed that a DNA methylation reader complex recruits an effector protein to regulate variant-specific 45S rRNA silencing.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad313
By Weiqiang Qian, Peking University
Background: Eukaryotic genomes harbor thousands of 45S ribosomal…
Cyanobacterial PSI assembly
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellDai, Song, Xu et al. identify Ycf51 as a photosystem I assembly factor in cyanobacteria
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad330
By Guo-Zheng Dai, Central China Normal University
Question: Background: While the mechanisms of photosystem II biogenesis and the auxiliary proteins involved are well…
Maintaining pollen tube integrity in maize
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellZhou et al. investigated pollen tube integrity maintenance mechanisms in maize. The Plant Cell (2023) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad324
By Liang-Zi Zhou and Thomas Dresselhaus
Background: As sperm cell transporting vehicles, pollen tubes of flowering plants grow through the transmitting tissues…
Variegated Canvases: The Diverse World of Plant Shoot Stem Cells
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellBradamante et al. investigate the heterogeneity of stem cells of the shoot apical meristem
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad295
By Vu Nguyen, Gabriele Bradamante, Ortrun Mittelsten Scheid and Ruben Gutzat
Background: In plants, stem cells in the shoot apical meristem (SAM) produce new organs…
Epitranscriptional regulation of salicylic acid signaling
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLee, Liu, Kim et al. demonstrate that a plant m6A reader dampens stress responses.
By Keun Pyo Lee, Kaiwei Liu, Eun Yu Kim, and Chanhong Kim
CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences (CEMPS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad300
Background:…
Co-evolution of the RNA editing factor PPR78 and its targets
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLesch et al. reveal that the mitochondrial RNA editing factor PPR78 of Physcomitrium patens is conserved among mosses despite the loss of its two known C-to-U editing sites due to the additional editing target ccmFNeU1465RC.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad292
By Elena Lesch, Volker Knoop…