Shapeshifting in the amphibious plant, Callirtriche palustris
Koga et al. identified a mechanism that produces heterophylly in aquatic plants grown either submerged in water or in air. Plant Cell. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab192
By Hiroyuki Koga, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
Background: Amphibious plants,…
A "simple” plant that’s not so basic: 13 receptors perceive SL, KL, and more in moss
Lopez-Obando et al. unravel the complex pathways for the perception of strigolactones and related compounds in the moss Physcomitrium patens.
By Ambre Guillory1, Mauricio Lopez-Obando2, Alexandre de Saint Germain3, and Sandrine Bonhomme3
1Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Microbes Environnement…
Proteomics-based protein complex discovery in the developing rice aleurone-subaleurone
Lee et al. use a co-fractionation mass spectrometry pipeline to predict the compositions of cytosolic protein complexes present during early rice seed development. The Plant Cell (2021) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab182
Background: Many proteins act as components of multiprotein complexes that…
Role of SMC5/6 complex in meiosis: Preventing one plus one being three
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…
An H2O2 sensor for six compartments of an algal cell
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,…
The Plant Cell in a Nutshell: The dance of the vesicles
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,…
Plant cells form actin patches to hamper pathogen entry
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…
Lipid Droplet Biogenesis in Plants: LDIP is a Linchpin
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,…
A role for auxin in flag leaf angle in rice
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…