SUMO reins in an overactive cell cycle
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLin et al. investigate how SUMOylation of a ribosomal protein affects cell size-mediated cell cycle control in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00301
By Yen-Ling Lin1,2,3 and Su-Chiung Fang1,2
1Biotechnology Center in Southern Taiwan, Academia Sinica, Tainan,…
CDGK1 maintains class I meiotic recombination precursors
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellNibau et al. explore the role of a cyclin-dependent kinase in meiosis.
Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00942
By Candida Nibau, Andrew Lloyd, Dylan Phillips and John Doonan
IBERS, Aberystwyth University, UK
Background: Cyclin-dependent kinases are involved in many cellular…
Viral proteins activate autophagy
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellIsmayil et al. identify a virus that activates autophagy and reveal the underlying mechanism.
Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00759
By Asigul Ismayil, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Center for Plant Biology, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences,…
Attacking the front and the rear – the elaborate control of reactive oxygen species production
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellKimura et al. reveal how phosphorylation of a key enzyme activates reactive oxygen species production. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00525
Sachie Kimuraa,b, Michael Wrzaczeka
aOrganismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Viikki Plant Science Centre, Faculty of Biological…
Persulfidation-controlled guard cell ABA signaling
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellShen et al. explore the role of H2S signaling and the reversible modification persulfidation in guard cell signaling. https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00826
Yanjie Xie; Laboratory Center of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, PR China.
Background:…
IbBBX24 Enhances Fusarium Wilt Resistance in Sweet Potato
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellZhang et al. identify a target gene for enhancing pathogen resistance without yield penalty in sweet potato. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00641
Background: Sweet potato is an economically important root and tuber crop that is widely used as an industrial and bioenergy resource worldwide…
Silencing Transposons is Important for Pollen Development in Capsella
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellWang et al. reveal that viable pollen formation in Capsella requires the function of a DNA-dependent RNA polymerase. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00938
Background: Transposons, or “jumping genes”, are kept silent by a plant-specific pathway that starts with DNA-dependent RNA…
How nutrients affect algal cell cycle regulation
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellTakeuchi et al. examine the role of an algal protein during nitrogen starvation and quiescence.
Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00628
By Tomomi Takeuchi and Christoph Benning, Michigan State University
Background: Living cells need energy to grow and divide. When their source…
A Key Regulator of Post-Golgi Vesicular Traffic
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellRen et al. identify a downstream effector of Rab5a that associates with the tethering and fusion complexes to mediate membrane fusion of dense vesicles with the protein storage vacuoles.
Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00863
By Y.L. Ren, Y.H. Wang and T. Pan
Background: Plants use…