Plant Metabolic Redox Dynamics–Live!
Steinbeck et al. investigate in vivo NAD redox dynamics in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00241
By Janina Steinbeck and Markus Schwarzländer
Background: All organisms rely on their cellular metabolism to live, develop, grow, and procreate. Metabolism provides the energy,…
A Geminivirus Exploits the Host Machinery to Inhibit Methylation-mediated Defense Responses
Chen et al. uncover a strategy used by a DNA geminivirus to exploit the host machinery in order to inhibit methylation-mediated defense responses when establishing infection. The Plant Cell (2020) https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00249.
Background: Geminiviruses belong to one of the largest and most…
Chemical labeling of proteins in live plant cells
Iwatate et al. demonstrate that SNAP-tag technology can be used to label plant cell proteins.
Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00439
By Ryu J. Iwatatea,b, Akira Yoshinaria, Noriyoshi Yagia, Wolf B. Frommera,c, and Masayoshi Nakamuraa
a Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM),…
The role of arabinogalactans in plant development
López-Hernández et al. reveal that arabinogalactans function in calcium signaling from outside to inside the cell.
Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00027
Federico López Hernández and Paul Dupree
University of Cambridge, Department of Biochemistry, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge,…
Chilling Lessons from Sugar Beets: Switching Sources
Rodrigues et al. found that the source and sink identities of sugar beet shoots vs. taproots are switched upon vernalization (chilling) due to a cold-induced reversal of the phloem stream. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00072
By Cristina Martins Rodriguesa, Christina Müdsamb and Benjamin…
Oryza sativa RNA-dependent RNA polymerase 6 modulates rice meiosis
Liu et al. connect small RNA biogenesis and meiotic recombination by examining RNA-dependent RNA polymerase 6. The Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00213
By Changzhen Liu, Yi Shen and Zhukuan Cheng
Background: Meiosis is a specialized cell division that takes place in sexually…
Back to the Roots of Plant Immunity
Rich-Griffin et al. uncover cell type-specific gene networks that function in plant immunity in Arabidopsis roots. The Plant Cell (2020) https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00154
By Charlotte Rich-Griffin1, Ruth Eichmann1,2, Sascha Ott3,4,5 & Patrick Schäfer1,2
1School of Life Sciences,…
In the Cold of the Night: how COR27 Regulates HY5 Activity and Integrates Light and Circadian Signals
Zhu et al. discover that the COR27 protein interacts with the central regulators of light-mediated development COP1 and HY5 and plays a critical role in hypocotyl elongation. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00192
By Wei Zhu (Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China)…
Towards Uncovering the Developmental Mechanisms of Elaborate Petals: Nigella damascena as a Beginning
Zhang et al. explore the mechanisms underlying elaborate petal development and specialized character formation in Nigella damascena. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00330
By Rui Zhang, Xuehao Fu, Caiyao Zhao, Jie Cheng, Hongyan Shan, and Hongzhi Kong
Background: Petals can be simple or…