Communication between the AGO protein MEL1 and ubiquitination during sporogenesis
Lian et al. investigated the molecular mechanism of AGO protein MEL1 degradation mediated by a new monocot-specific E3 ligase, XBOS36.
The Plant Cell (2021). https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab138
By Jian-Ping Lian, Yu-Chan Zhang and Yue-Qin Chen, Sun Yat-Sen University
Background: Sporogenesis…
BBX19 functions as a regulator of circadian clock
Yuan et al. investigate the molecular mechanism of the circadian clock in Arabidopsis and find a new regulator. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab133
By Li Yuan and Xiaodong Xu; State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng…
OsWRKY53: the messenger for brassinosteroid and MAPK signaling
Tian et al. report a link between classic brassinosteroid signaling and the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway in regulation of rice architecture and seed size. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab137
By Xiaojie Tian, Mingliang He, Enyang Mei, Baowen Zhang, Jiaqi Tang, Min Xu, Jiali…
Home Delivery for Chloroplast Membrane Proteins
Anderson et al. show how the Arabidopsis protein GET3B acts as a targeting factor for proteins important in chloroplast development. Plant Cell. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab145.
By Donna Fernandez and Stacy Anderson, Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin…
Stressing the translatome: It is about time
Bonnot and Nagel explore how heat stress affects the circadian-regulated translatome at different times of day.
Titouan Bonnot1 and Dawn H. Nagel1
1Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California, USA
Background: The plant circadian clock synchronizes…
Misexpression of a MADS-box gene results in longer glumes and grains in wheat
Adamski et al. reveal that the expression of a MADS-box transcription factor is the basis for a grain phenotype observed in Polish wheat. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab119
By Cristobal Uauy and Nikolai M Adamski
John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom
Background:…
Maintaining membrane integrity in the face of abiotic stress
Ruiz-López & Pérez-Sancho et al describe a mechanism that control the homeostasis of diacylglycerol at the plasma membrane in plants after abiotic stress. Plant Cell. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab122
Miguel Ángel Botella Mesa – IHSM-UMA-CSIC, Málaga, Spain
Jessica Pérez Sancho…
Too much of a good thing - nitrate inhibition of nodulation
Nishida, Nosaki, et al. explore how nitrate inhibits nodulation through transcription factors. Plant Cell. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab103
Hanna Nishidaa, Shohei Nosakia,b,c, Takuya Suzakia,c
aFaculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
bGraduate…
KARRIKIN INSENSITIVE2-dependent signaling in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha
Mizuno et al. show that genes in the KARRIKIN INSENSITIVE2-dependent signaling pathway are conserved in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha and control early development of the thallus.
Yohei Mizuno and Junko Kyozuka
Background: Plants hormones play crucial roles in growth and development. Karrikins…