Plant Science Research Weekly

A weekly plant science research roundup curated and summarized by our Plantae Editors and Fellows

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January 17, 2020/by Mary Williams

Review: Matrix redox physiology governs the regulation of plant mitochondrial metabolism through post-translational protein modifications

Mitochondrial metabolism provides ATP and reducing power to drive myriad reactions in the plant cell, and is constantly being fine-tuned in response to environment and demands. Post-translational modifications (PTMs) of proteins, including redox reactions of methionine and cysteine and carbamylation…

January 17, 2020/by Mary Williams

Special Issue: New perspectives on crassulacean acid metabolism biology

Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) is a water-conserving strategy in which stomata open at night and…

January 17, 2020/by Facundo Romani

Direct conversion of carlactonoic acid to orobanchol by cytochrome P450 CYP722C in strigolactone biosynthesis

Strigolactones (SL) are a compounds that play important roles as phytohormones and as a rhizosphere…

January 17, 2020/by Facundo Romani

Review: The impact of synthetic biology for future agriculture and nutrition

The synthetic biology field is going to be important for the decade we began in order to face climate…

January 17, 2020/by Mary Williams

Pheophorbide a may regulate jasmonate signaling during dark-induced senescence

During leaf senescence, nitrogen-rich chlorophyll is broken down through a regulated process so that…

January 17, 2020/by Arif Ashraf

The γ-tubulin complex protein GCP6 in crucial for spindle morphogenesis but not essential for microtubule reorganization in Arabidopsis (OA)

During cell division, cells require to form mitotic spindle and these mitotic spindles are basically…

January 17, 2020/by Mary Williams

Metabolite regulatory interactions control plant respiratory metabolism via Target of Rapamycin (TOR) kinase activation

The rate of mitochondrial respiration is highly dynamic and responds to numerous endogenous and exogenous…

January 17, 2020/by Facundo Romani

R-Loop Mediated trans Action of the APOLO Long Noncoding RNA

It was shown that the Arabidopsis intergenic long noncoding RNA (LncRNA) APOLO (AUXIN-REGULATED PROMOTER…

January 17, 2020/by Facundo Romani

Autoregulation of RCO by low-affinity binding modulates cytokinin action and shapes leaf diversity (Curr. Biol)

REDUCED COMPLEXITY (RCO) is the main homeodomain transcription factor (TF) responsible for leaf complexity…

January 10, 2020/by Mary Williams

Review. Diatom molecular research comes of age: Model species for studying phytoplankton biology and diversity (Plant Cell)

Diatoms are photosynthetic eukaryotes and contribute substantially to global carbon fixation. They are…

January 10, 2020/by Mary Williams

Review: Role of blue and red light in stomatal dynamic behaviour (J Exp Bot)

Guard cells are extremely sensitive and dynamic, and their behaviour controls rates of gas exchange and…

January 10, 2020/by Suresh Damodaran

Combinatorial interactions of the LEC1 transcription factor specify diverse developmental programs during soybean seed development (PNAS) ($)

LEC1 (LEAFY COTYLEDON 1) transcriptional factor regulates multiple developmental processes during different…

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Plant Science Research Weekly

RECENT SUMMARIES

Review: Matrix redox physiology governs the regulation of plant mitochondrial metabolism through post-translational protein modifications

Special Issue: New perspectives on crassulacean acid metabolism biology

Direct conversion of carlactonoic acid to orobanchol by cytochrome P450 CYP722C in strigolactone biosynthesis

Review: The impact of synthetic biology for future agriculture and nutrition

Pheophorbide a may regulate jasmonate signaling during dark-induced senescence

The γ-tubulin complex protein GCP6 in crucial for spindle morphogenesis but not essential for microtubule reorganization in Arabidopsis (OA)

Metabolite regulatory interactions control plant respiratory metabolism via Target of Rapamycin (TOR) kinase activation

R-Loop Mediated trans Action of the APOLO Long Noncoding RNA

Autoregulation of RCO by low-affinity binding modulates cytokinin action and shapes leaf diversity (Curr. Biol)

Review. Diatom molecular research comes of age: Model species for studying phytoplankton biology and diversity (Plant Cell)

Review: Role of blue and red light in stomatal dynamic behaviour (J Exp Bot)

Combinatorial interactions of the LEC1 transcription factor specify diverse developmental programs during soybean seed development (PNAS) ($)

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