Structure of KDM5 Gives Insight to Histone Demethylation
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellYang et al. reveal a conserved H3K4me3 recognition mechanism shared by both plant and animal KDM5 histone demethylases. The Plant Cell (2017). https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00666
By Z. Yang, Q. Qiu, X. Cao and J. Du
Background: Histone methylation is a conserved gene regulation mechanism in plants…
When Mini Protein Makes Big Fruit
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellBollier et al. investigate locule number control in Arabidopsis thaliana and tomato. The Plant Cell 2018 https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00653.
By N. Bollier and M. Hernould
Background: During flower development, production of a defined number of floral organs is due to the determinate fate of floral…
Ribosomes Meet Epigenetics
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellChen et al. link chromatin modifying machinery with ribosome biogenesis. The Plant Cell (2018). https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00626
by Xiangsong Chen and Xuehua Zhong
Background: All cells need to make proteins to function properly. Ribosomes are the protein production factories consisting of…
Protection from the Sun: Sunscreen for Plants
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellMalnoë et al. demonstrate that a protein from the lipocalin family plays a role in promoting energy dissipation that prevents damage from long-term light stress. The Plant Cell (2017). https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00536
By Alizée Malnoë
Background: Light is necessary for plant growth…
Recruiter of Chromatin Regulators
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellHohenstatt et al. describe a new recruiter of PcG chromatin regulators affecting flowering and meristem identity in Arabidopsis. https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00117
By Pawel Mikulski
1) BACKGROUND: Polycomb group (PcG) proteins are key regulatory proteins involved in maintaining the ability (and…
HOW TO BUILD A SEAWEED
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellGodfroy et al investigate basal cell fate determination in the brown alga Ectocarpus https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00440
BACKGROUND: Brown algae are multicellular photosynthetic marine organisms living on rocky shores across the globe and representing one of the most developmentally complex groups…
Duplicate Genomes Evolved Differently in Maize and Soybean
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellZhao et al. demonstrate that duplicated genomes in maize and soybean followed distinct trajectories over millions of years https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00595
By Meixia Zhao, Biao Zhang, Damon Lisch, and Jianxin Ma
Background: Over evolutionary time, many organisms, particularly plants, have periodically…
Chloroplasts Use Bacterial Mechanism to Recognize Start Codons
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellScharff et al. investigate function of anti-Shine-Dalgarno sequence in chloroplast ribosomes https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00524
By Lars B. Scharff
BACKGROUND: Cells of plants contain three different systems for protein synthesis: in the cytosol, in plastids, and in mitochondria. Proteins in the…
Stretching Plants with Cellular Resolution
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a Nutshell
Robinson et al. develop a method to measure mechanical properties of plant tissue with cellular resolution https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00753
Background: Plant growth is controlled by the extensibility of the cell wall and the turgor pressure inside. The spatial regulation of these properties…