From cell layers to complex petal shapes
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellChopy et al. investigate the layer-specific contribution of the petunia homolog of DEFICIENS (PhDEF) in petal tube and limb development.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad258
Background: Petals are not only beautiful, but they are also very important floral organs that have co-evolved with different…
Strategy-I plants exploit the distinct chemical activities of coumarins to maximize Fe acquisition
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellPaffrath et al. explore the main physiological roles of coumarins released in response to iron deficiency under different environmental pHs.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad279
By Ricardo F. H. Giehl, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics & Crop Plant Research (IPK), Germany.
Background:…
One gene for taller, stiffer and high-yield rice
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellWang et al. reveal that MYB110 serves as a phosphate-dependent negative regulator of plant height that could be manipulated to boost lodging resistance and yield.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad268
Tingting Wang,1 Ming Yan,2 Mian Gu,1 Guohua Xu1
1 National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics…
The Membrane-bound Transcription Factor GmNTL1 Promotes Salt Tolerance in Soybean
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellZhang et al. identified a membrane-bound NAC transcription factor GmNTL that can be oxidized and released from the endoplasmic reticulum to the nucleus, thereby regulating downstream target genes to promote salt tolerance in soybean.
Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad250
Wenxiao Zhang,…
It takes a complex to degrade starch
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellJian Liu, Xuecui Wang, Zeyuan Guan, Junjie Yan and colleagues reveal how the glucan phosphatase LSF1 acts as a scaffold to bring together the necessary enzymes for starch degradation.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad259
Background:
Starch is a glucan-polymer that accumulates in chloroplasts…
Conserved function of MADS8 in pistil regulation at high temperatures
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellShen et al. explore how female reproductive development is maintained in at high ambient temperatures in barley and rice, and whether members of the SEPALLATA subfamily of floral organ regulators contribute.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad246
Chaoqun Shena,b and Matthew R. Tuckerb
a Joint…
Imaging of Ca2+-decoding in planta
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLiese et al. reveal a genetically encoded fluorescent biosensor for CDPK conformational activation.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad196
By Anja Liese1,2 and Tina Romeis1,2
1 Department for Biochemistry of Plant Interactions, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, D-06120 Halle (Saale),…
Pros and cons of various popular RNA sequencing methods
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLiu and Zhu et al. systematically compare various methods for investigating transcription.
The Plant Cell: https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad237
By M. Liu and Z. Dong
Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Adaptation and Molecular Design, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Editing,…
Nuclear pore and nucleoskeleton continuum
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellMermet et al. identify a protein that provides a continuum between the nucleoskeleton and the nuclear pore complex basket via short peptide motifs.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad236
Christophe Tatout and Aline Probst
iGReD, Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, INSERM, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand,…