The Plant Cell: In a Nutshell

Yang et al. study the role of the SMC5/6 complex during reproductive development in Arabidopsis. By Ales Pecinka a, Fen Yang a, Nadia Fernández-Jiménez b and Mónica Pradillo b a Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Acad Sci, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural…

Niemeyer et al. investigate the distribution of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in an algal cell. By J. Niemeyer a, D. Scheuring b, J. Oestreicher c, B. Morgan c,d, and M. Schroda a,d a Molekulare Biotechnologie & Systembiologie, TU Kaiserslautern, Paul-Ehrlich Straße 23, D-67663 Kaiserslautern,…

Yan and co-workers follow the localization of various membrane proteins upon blocking clathrin- and adaptor protein-mediated membrane trafficking, and reveal that blocking endocytosis reduces exocytosis (and vice-versa).  https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab180  By Xu Yan, Yutong Wang, Dana A. Dahhan,…

Qin et al. show that the ARP2/3 complex and formins act cooperatively to orchestrate the actin patch formation and regulate the penetration resistance against fungal invasion. The Plant Cell (2021). https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab170  By Li Qin and Yangdou Wei. Department of Biology, University…

Pyc and Gidda et al. investigate the role of the lipid droplet biogenetic protein LDIP. Plant Cell.  https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab179 Michal Pyc, John Dyer and Robert Mullen, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada, U.S. Department of Agriculture,…

Author et al. Huang et al. investigate the roles of auxin in flag leaf angle regulation. Plant Cell. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab175 Guoqiang Huang Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Developmental Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, SJTU-University of Adelaide…

Chu et al. demonstrate that H2O2 inhibits the nitrate-promoted nuclear localization of NLP7 in plants. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab165 By XiaoQian Chu, Jia-Gang Wang and Ming-Yi Bai Background: Nitrate is both an essential macronutrient for plants and a critical signaling molecule…

Chen et al. uncover the effects of a pectate lyase-like gene on cell wall mechanics and cell pressurization in guard cells. The Plant Cell (2021) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab161  By Yintong Chen and Charles T. Anderson Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University…