Review: Translating research from Arabidopsis to crops
Plant Science Research WeeklyThis year marks the 25th anniversary of the publication of the Arabidopsis genome, a milestone that lives large in those of us who experienced it and eagerly envisioned how this new knowledge would be used. The May 2025 issue of The Plant Cell focuses on how research on this little model plant has translated…
Review: Celebrating 150 years of Arabidopsis genetics
Plant Science Research WeeklyThe first known report of an Arabidopsis thaliana mutant appeared approximately 150 years ago (1873). In the intervening years, Arabidopsis has become an essential model for plant genetic research, driving groundbreaking discoveries across multiple disciplines. In a recent review, Yaschenko et al. provide…
When posttranslational modifications meet splicing to regulate stress responses
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellAgrofoglio et al. explore how the methylation of arginine residues on a key splicing factor affects alternative splicing.
Julieta Mateos, María José Iglesias, Yamila Agrofoglio. IFIBYNE-UBA-CONICET
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koae051
Background: Plants are constantly subjected to a variety…
The Cold Survival Game: RHOMBOID-LIKE PROTEASE11 and Arabidopsis' FATTY ACID EXPORT PROTEIN1
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellJohn et al. reveal how degradation of the chloroplast protein FATTY ACID EXPORT PROTEIN1 by RHOMBOID-LIKE PROTEASE11 affects cold tolerance in Arabidopsis.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koae011
By Annalisa John (AJ) and Ekkehard Neuhaus (HEN) (RPTU Kaiserslautern, Germany)
Background: Plants…
Things to do before you die: The bucket list of a plant cell
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellWang, Bollier, Buono, et al. catalog the cellular processes that occur during programmed cell death in plants.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad308
Jie Wang, Tobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, China
Moritz K. Nowack, VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems…
Nuclear pore Y-complex and regulation of FLOWERING LOCUS C in Arabidopsis
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellHuang et al. explore the functions of the nuclear pore complex in regulating the expression of FLOWERING LOCUS C in plants.
Penghui Huang1,2†, Xiaomei Zhang2†, Zhiyuan Cheng3†
1 Research Institute of Intelligent Computing, Zhejiang Lab, Hangzhou 310012, China
2 MARA Key Laboratory of…
Autophagy regulation by HLS1-mediated acetylation
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellHuang et al. explore the molecular mechanism underlying the regulation of autophagy by HLS1.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad252
By Li Huang, Xing Wen, Lian Jin, Huihui Han, and Hongwei Guo
New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Institute of Plant and Food Science, Department of Biology,…
A single phosphorylation event alters root behavior
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellSiao et al. demonstrate that single phosphorylation on a protein alters root behavior in Arabidopsis.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad141
By Wei Siao and Eugenia Russinova, VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology
Background: Plant roots react to their environment by using hormone signaling…
The importance of being in the right place to respond to light cues
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLopez Vazquez et al explore the importance of protein sub-cellular localization by determining how a protein modulating light responses gets to the right place within the cell.
Christian Fankhauser, Centre for Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, Génopode Building, University of…